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Its Famous Resorts 



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PUBLISHERS’ PREFACE. 




The growing tendency among the people of our country to spend the summer months at the 
sea-shore is one of the most marked phases of modern life in America. While a comparatively 
recent development, the annual breathing of salt-sea air has become the greatest source of pleasure 
and healthful rest and recreation for vast numbers. Without doubt, of all the sections of coast 
bordering upon our favored continent, that of New England is the most popular. The picturesque 
scenery, from Long Island Sound to Bar Harbor — varied by bold headlands, precipitous bluffs and 
gently shelving beaches, the coast indented with beautiful bays and inlets and dotted with islands — 
forms the primary attraction. Added to this the coast of New England is the soil trodden by the 
Pilgrims and Puritans, and other sturdy settlers, and has innumerable mementos made historic by 
their lives and deeds. The old towns abound with histories and legends of romantic merchantmen, 
of bold privateering and naval expeditions of earlier days, while the lives of the whalers, of the 
earlier fishermen and even of the hardy fishermen of to-day, all help lend enchantment to the mind, 
while the body inhales vigor from the breezes from the Atlantic. Hundreds of thousands flock to 
these shores annually and summer homes dot the entire line of sea border, while at short intervals 
are famed resorts : Cities, towns, villages, hamlets and clusters of hostelries teeming with pleasure 
seekers, health seekers and loiterers. 

Encouraged by the great popularity of our ventures in the past to describe and picture these 
places, and realizing the importance of issuing a work which would at least be a commendable effort 
to do justice to their attractions, the publishers have projected the present work, The New England 
Coast, believing it to be the most elaborate and attractive as well as most valuable pictorial guide 
and souvenir of the coast ever before presented. 

In its pages besides realistic engravings in great profusion will be r ound many other valuable 
features : graphic descriptions of places, routes of access, hotel lists and prices, historical incidents, 
legendary stories, fragmentary bits descriptive of life and customs of both natives and visitors; all 
these as a guide. As a souvenir, very many of its features will remind the home-returning tourist 
of hours happily spent at the sea-side. 

In the preparation of this work we have been materially and successfully assisted by many 
eminent photographic artists, and by prominent citizens all along shore, to all of whom we return 
our thanks for information and courtesies received. Among the artists who have been specially 
employed are Messrs. Child & Co. and Mr. C. S. Stanhope, of Newport, R. I. ; Mr. L. B. 
Howard, of Brockton, Mass. ; Mr. W. B. Davidson, of Wakefield, R. I. ; Mr. Leander Baker, Mr. 
A. L. Bodwell and E. Q^. Gladding, of Providence, R. I. ; Messrs. Headley & Reed, of New 
Bedford, Mass. ; and Mr. Coolidge Baldwin, of Boston. Many of the engravings are from the 
Crosscup & West Engraving Co., of Philadelphia, noted for successful illustrative engravings, and 
others are from eminent New York and Boston wood engravers. 

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CONTENTS. 


^ - 


Preface, . 3 

List of Illustrations,.7 


CHAPTER I. 

FROM NEW YORK TO NARRAGANSETT PIER. 

New York as the Starting Point for a Journey Along the New England Coast — Some General Charac¬ 
teristics of the Coast — Greenwich — Stamford — South Norwalk — Fairfield — Bridgeport — Milford 
— New Haven — Branford — Stony Creek — Guilford — Saybrook — New London — Groton — Noank — 
Stonington — Westerly — Watch Hill — Noyes Beach — Quonocontaug — Charlestown Beach —The 
South Shore of Rhode Island — Narragansett Pier — Block Island, ..... Pages 9-30 

CHAPTER II. 

NEWPORT AND NARRAGANSETT BAY. 

Newport—Jamestown — Seaconnet Point — Tiverton Heights — The Islands — Wickford — East Greenwich — 
Bristol — Warren — Barrington—Rocky Point — Oakland Beach — The Buttonwoods — The Warwick 
Shore—East Providence—S quANTUM— Silver Spring — Riverside — Bullocks Point and Crescent Park 
— Pawtuxet — Fields Point — Providence — Pawtucket — Woonsocket, ..... Pages 31-61 


CHAPTER III. 

SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS, MARTHA’S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. 

Mount Hope Bay—Fall River—Taunton — New Bedford — Buzzard’s Bay — Nonquit — Elizabeth Islands — 
Vineyard Sound — South Shore — Plymouth — Cape Cod — Falmouth — Martha’s Vineyard — Nantucket, 

Pages 62-80 


CHAPTER IV. 

BOSTON HARBOR TO PORTLAND. 

Boston — Nantasket — Downer's Landing — Melville Garden — Winthrop—Revere Beaches: Crescent Beach, 
Point of Pines, Oak Island — Lynn — Nahant — Swampscott — Marblehead — Salem — Cape Ann — Beverly 
Farms — Manchester-by-the-Sea — Magnolia — Gloucester — Rockport — Pigeon Cove — Lands End — New 
buryport — Salisbury Beach — Hampton Beach—Rye Beach — Portsmouth — Tsles of Shoals — Kittery — 
York Beach — Wells Be\ch — Kennebunkport — Old Orchard —Prouts Neck — Pine Point, Pages 81-93 


CHAPTER V. 


PORTLAND AND THE MAINE COAST. 


Portland — Cape Elizabeth — Cushings Island — Peaks Island — Long Island — Diamond Island — Mt. Desert— 
Bar Harbor — The Maine Coast beyond Bar Harbor,.Pages 94-99 


List of Hotels, . 


101-104 







index to Advertisers 


PAGES. 

Algeria Heights Co., . XV and 99 
American National Bank, . . I 

American Ship Windlass Co., 

Inside back cover 
Ambrose Hotel, Newport, . XVI 
Arnold, Benjamin, . . .Ill 

Atlantic House, Nantucket, . XVIII 
Atwell, Col. S. S., . . 52 

Avon Springs, . . . .XIV 

Bay Voyage Hotel, Jamestown . 39 
Barker, Delbert L., . . IV and 58 

Bass Point House, Nahant, . . 87 

Baker, Maurice & Co., 

Outside back cover 
Blain, E. C., . . . Opp. V 

Bruce, E. Barnard . . . .XI 

Burr Index Co., Inside front cover 
Burlingham, H. . . Opp. V 

Casco Bay Steamboat Co., . XXI 
Central House, Cottage City, XVII 
Chandler’s Hotel, Narragansett 

Pier, ..... 24 

Church, N. B., Tiverton, . 42, 43, 44 
Claflin, Geo. L., Outside back cover 

Denniston, George, . . Opp. IV 
Dighton Furnace Co , . . XIII 

Draper, J. O. & Co , . . . I 
Dudley, S. A., ... XII 

East Greenwich Academy, III and 45 
Eldridge, E. G., . . . XVII 

Farley, James, . . . Opp IV 

Ferrin, F. C., . . . . .1 

Fishers Island Brick Man’fg Co., XII 
Floyd & Tucker, ... XI 
Friends School, Providence, . 56 

Gates, E. N. Heating Co., . 59 

Gilmore, G. Freeborn, . Opp. V 
Greene’s Inn, Narragansett Pier, 23 
Greenwood Garden, Peaks Island, 

XX and 96 

Hamilton, T. J.XII 

Harbach & Co., Philadelphia, Opp. IV 
Hart & Akin, . . . XVIII 

Highland House, Cottage City, XVII 
Home Bleach and Dye Works, . II 
Hotel Nahant. . . . 88 

Hotel Aquidneck, Newport, 

XVI and 38 

Hopkins Magic Gold Dust Co., VIII 
Hotel del Coronado, San Diego Co., 
Cal., top line, Outside back cover 
Holloway, C. W., . . Opp. V 

Hughes, Dr. J. B., . . . XX 

Hygeia Hotel, Block Island, . 2S 
Industrial Trust Co., Inside front cover 
Jenks Soap Mfg. Co., . . XVI 


PAGES. 

Jewett Book Store, . . . XX 

Katama, J. M. Wardwell, . . 76 

Kennebec Steamboat Co., . XII 

Ladd, H. W. Co., . . VIII 

Ladd Watch Case Co., . . XXII 

Lands End Associates, 90 and 100 
Langley, John S. . . Opp. V. 

Lawson A., Granite and Marble 

Works, .... XIII 
Logan & Sproul, Woonsocket, . 6r 
Loring, Short & Harmon, . XXI 

MacGregor, James F. X 

Maine Central R. R. . . XX 

Manufacturers National Bank, 

Inside front cover 
Mason, Volney W. & Co., 

Outside back cover 
Massasoit House, Narragansett Pier, 24 
Mattakeset, The, Katama, . . 76 

Maxfield, Charles T. (Oakland 

Beach,) . . . Ill and 48 

Merchants Exchange Hotel, 

Portland, .... XXI 

Moore Chas. H., Providence, . 58 

Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co., XI 
Nantucket, The, Nantucket, XVIII 
Narragansett Brewing Co., 

Outside back cover 
Narragansett Pier, R. R. . XIX 

Narragansett, The, Cottage City, XVJI 
National Bank, The. of Rhode 

Island, .... Opp-IV 
National Hotel, Block Island, 29 

National India Rubber Co., Bristol, 56 
New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard 
and Nantucket Steamboat Co., XI 
New Bedford Tow Boat Co., XVIII 
New London and Long Island 
Steamboat Co., . . . XIX 

Newport & Wickford Steamboat Co , 

Opp. IV 

New York, Providet.ee & Boston 


Railroad 

Ill 

Norris & Keegan, 

. IV 

Oakland Beach, 

III and 48 

Oakland Beach Hotel, 

48 

Oakwood, The, Cottage City, . 75 

Obwebetuck Inn, 

X 

Ocean House, Nantucket 

XVIII 

Ocean View Hotel, Block Island, 27 

Olney Bros., 

. 11 

Openshaw James, 

Opp. V 

Palmer, I. E., 

. too 

Padelford,J. W., 

VIII 

Pairpoint M’f’g Co., . 

IX and 64 

Paine, R. J., 

XVI 


PAGES. 

Pepper, Geo. W., ... XI 

Pettey, Capt. J. A., . . 42 

Pendulum, R. I., Inside front cover 
Phenix Iron Foundry, . . II 

Pierce Villa, Cottage City, XIX 

Pigeon Cove House, Cape Ann, XVI 
Plimpton House, Watch Hill, . 18 

Point Breeze House, Nan¬ 
tucket, .XVIII 

Pray, H. W. & J. C., . . Opp. V 

Prestwich, William, . . Ill 

Providence Dry Dock and Marine 
Railway Co., ... IV 

Providence Gas Co., . . . XII 

Providence Trust Co., . VIII 

Proctor, John F., . . . XXI 

Rankin & Bruce, Providence, 57 

Reynolds, Gardiner B. & Co., Opp. V 
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co., I 
Richmond Stove Co. . . VT 

Robinson, E. B. & Co., . . 91; 

Robbins, John, Manufacturing Co. X 
Robson, R. H., . . . XIX 

Rocky Point, and Continental 

Steamboat Co., . . 46 and 47 

Sakonnet, The, Seaconnet Point, 41 
Sea View House, Cottage City, 74 
Sisson, Henry T., . . 40 and 41 

Smith Granite Co., . V and 18 

Snell Business College, . . VII 

Snow, Charles, . . . XVII 

Searell House, Cottage City, . XVII 
Springfield House, Nantucket, . 79 

Staab, Karl, . . . Opp. IV 

Steamer Geo. W. Danielson, XIV 
Surf Side Hotel, Nantucket, . 80 

Surf Cottage Hotel, Block Island, 28 
Sweeney, William & Co., 

Inside front cover 


Thayer Heater Co., . . VII 

Travelers Ins. Co., Inside back cover 
Tri Mountain House, Nahant, XVI 

Veranda House, Nantucket, . 80 

Vineyard Grove House, Cottage 
City’.74 

Wadsworth, George L., . 83 

Walley, Charles H., . . XIX 

Watson, Daniel, 39 

Westcott, W. H. . . XXI 

Whitten-Godding Cycle Co.,' 


XXII and 60 


Wilbour, Jackson & Co., 

Outside back cover 
Williams, Alfred & Son, . . H 

Woonsocket House, Block Island, 30 



List of Illustrations 


PAGES. 

Anderson, J. H., Portrait of, 87 
Atwell, Col. S. S , Portrait of, 50 

Ball, Hon. Nicholas, Portrait of 25 


Bar Harbor, . . . .98 

Bay Voyage Hotel, . . 39 

Block Island : 

Harbor and Breakwater, . 1 

Harbor Front, ... 30 

Hygeia Hotel, . . .29 

Mohegan Bluff, . . 26 

National Hotel, . . -29 

Ocean View House, . . 27 

Southeast Point Light-house 15 
Surf Cottage Hotel, . . 28 

Bluefishing off Cape Pogue, 

Martha’s Vineyard, . 73 

Boston Harbor, ... 86 

Brooklyn Bridge, The . . 8 

Cable Head, Land’s End, . 91 

Cape Beach Land’s End, . . 91 

Church, N. B., Residence of, 44 
Churches Fish Works,Tiverton, 43 
Clark, Capt. A. M., Portrait of, 46 
Coffin, C. U., Portrait of, . 33 


Conley, Capt. G. W. , Portrait of 50 


Cottage City, (See Martha’s 
Vineyard). 

Crosby, Thomas, Portrait of, 33 
East Greenwich Academy, . 45 

Erricson, Lief, Statue of, . 81 

Fall River, From the Harbor, 62 

Gates, E. N., Heating Com¬ 
pany, Headquarters of, 59 
Gloucester, . . . .89 

Greenwood Garden, . . 96 

Grand Central Depot, N. Y., 10 

Great Head, Winthrop, Mass., 85 

Hotel Nahant, Lynn Beach, 88 
Kelley, Capt. George H., Por¬ 
trait of, ... 46 

Lewis, Ida, Portrait of, . .32 

Library Building, Portland, 94 
Lime Rock Light-house, New¬ 
port Harbor, . . 32 

Logan & Sproul’s “'’orks,Woon¬ 
socket. . . . .61 

Long Beach, Land’s End, . 90 

Martha’s Vineyard : 

Baptist Church, Highlands, 72 
Bathing Pavilion, . . 70 

Bathing Beach and Tower, 

Oak Bluffs, . . .71 

Circuit Avenue, Cottage 
City, View on, . . .75 


PAGES. 

Gay Head Light-house, . 74 

MattakesetLodge, Katama, 76 
Oak Bluffs Club House, 
Cottage City, . . .71 

Sea View House, Cottage 


City, From the Sound, 72 

Pagoda, The, Cottage City, 72 
Sea View House, S. Front, 74 
Sea View House, W. Front, 73 
Trinity M. E. Church, Camp 
Ground, .... 72 

Uniqn Chapel, Cottage City 72 
Nantasket, Scenes at, . . 83 

Nantucket: 

Beach, The, ... 77 

Landing, The, . . .77 

Springfield House, . . 79 

View of Town from Harbor, 78 
Narragansett Pier : 

An Undress Social at the 
Beach, . . . .22 

Bathing Beach, The, . 20 


Beach and Ocean View, The, 2 
Casino, The, . . . .20 

Chandler’s, ... 24 

Expert Swimmers on the 

Raft,.19 

Greene’s Inn, ... 23 

Greene’s Inn, Fireplace, . 23 

Massasoit House, . . 24 

Sporting in the Surf, . . 21 

Ocean Row, . . . 19 

National India Rubber Works, 

Bristol, R. I., . . .57 

National Monument to Pilgrim 
Fathers at Plymouth, 
Mass., .... 69 

New Bedford: 

Fairhaven Bridge and the 

Acushnet River, . . 65 

Wharves and Whale Ships, 66 
New Haven : 

Church Street, . . .14 


City Hall, .... 14 

Court House, . . . -14 

East Rock, .... 13 

Temple St. Arch, (of Elms), 12 

View of the City From East 

Rock,.11 

Newport: 

Along the Cliffs, . . 37 

A Field-Day at Lawn Ten¬ 
nis, .4 

Bathing Beach, The, . 37 

Bellevue Avenue, Scene on, 37 
Casino, Bellevue Avenue, 36 
Cli _ f Walk, . . . .35 


PAGES. 


Easton’s Beach, . . 37 

Electric Cars to the Beach, 30 
“ Fairlawn,” Summer Resi¬ 
dence of Vice-President 
Morton, . . . -34 

Ocean House, Bellevue Ave. 36 
Old Mill, .... 37 

Post - Office and Custom 
House, . . . .37 

Residence of Cornelius 
Vanderbilt, Ochre Point 34 
Thames Street, View on, 39 
United States School-Ship, 
New Hampshire, . . 33 

Washington Square, . 37 

Yachts Rendezvousing at 
Newport Harbor, . .31 

Oakland Beach, ... 49 

Old Orchard Beach, . . 99 

Oakland Beach Hotel, . 48 

Peitey, Capt. J. A., Portrait of 42 

Plimpton House and Annexes, 

Watch Hill, ... 18 

Plymouth Rock Monument, . 67 

Point Judith Light, . . 15 

Ponham Club House, Riverside, 50 
Portland Harbor, ... 93 

Providence : 

Burnside Statue, . . -58 

City Hall and Hotel Dor- 
rance, , ... 55 

Docks and Harbor, . . 51 

Friends School, ... 56 

Front Campus, Brown Uni¬ 
versity, . . . -53 

Prospect Terrace, . . 52 

Rhodes, Capt. S. B., Portrait of 46 
Rocky Point, .... 47 

Sailing Canoes, .... 60 
Sisson, Col. Henry T., Resu 

DENCE OF, AT SEACONNET 

Point,.41 

Standuh Monument, Duxbury, 

Mass., .... 67 

Stuart Gilbert, Birthplace of, 24 
Sword Fishing off Block Island, 29 
Taunton, Street Scenes, . 63 

Taylor, Capt. J. P., Portrait of, 46 
Watch Hill, .... 17 

Watch Hill Light, . . .15 

Weaver, J. G., Portrait of, . " 36 
Webster, Daniel, Homestead of, 

Marshfield, Mass., . 68 
Westcott, E. V., Portrait of, 38 
Westerly, and the Pawcatuck 

River, ...... 16 













The Brooklyn Bridge. 





































Chapter I. 

FROM NEW YORK TO NARRAGANSETT PIER. 


New York as the Starting-Point for a Journey Along the New England Coast—Some General Charac¬ 
teristics of the Coast — Geeenwich — Stamford — South Norwalk — Fairfield — Bridgeport — Milford 
— New Haven — Branford — Stony Creek—Guilford — Saybrook — New London — Groton — Noank — 
Stonington — Westerly—Watch Hill — Noyes Beach — Quonocontaug — Charlestown Beach — The 
South Shore of Rhode Island — Narragansett Pier — Block Island. 


In Europe, ac¬ 
cording to the 
familiar proverb, 
all roads lead to 
Rome While 
this notion is at 
present fanciful, 
judged by the 
existing circum¬ 
stances, since 
modern progress 
has taken away 
from the Eternal 
City a great deal 
of its former im¬ 
portance, still the saying originally derived its force 
from the fact that at one time it was practically 
true. To as great an extent as ever old Rome was 
the centre of European life, the city of New York 
is now the centre of many phases of American life, 
and it is certainly the natural starting point for 
any journey into the interior or along the Atlantic 
sea-coasts of the United States. It is the entrepot 
for the whole country, and is the open door through 
whose portals strangers and visitors pass, while our 
own people, on either business or pleasure bent, 
usually find it the most convenient place to make the 
base of their journeyings. On these general grounds 
New York is the preferred point of departure for a 
journey along the New England Coast, but a still better 
reason is found in the fact that its shores begin twenty- 
five miles eastward of New York City and reach from 
that point—the mouth of the Byram River—to Quoddy 
Head in Maine. Because of its historic associations, 
the literature that deals with its life and character¬ 
istics, the enterprise of its inhabitants, and the varied 
scenery along its 3,000 miles of shore line, this coast 
is by far the most interesting region, not only in New 
England but in the United States, and has become, 
because of its unrivaled advantages, within the past 
two decades the most popular summer recreation 
ground on the American continent. Neither affected 
by the heat and insect pests of more southerly shores, 
nor by the bleakness and chill of the farther north, it 
possesses in summer, in its whole extent, a genial 
climate, while extensive beaches of shining sand, 
laved by agreeably-tempered waters, well adapted for 
bathing are found in every region. Numerous islands 
lie along these shores and peninsulas extend out into 
the sea in all directions. The scenery ranges through 


all degrees, from the frowning cliffs of Cape Ann and 
some portions of the Maine coast, to the low sand 
dunes of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nan¬ 
tucket. 

The first portion of the coast that claims attention, 
following the lines laid down, is the Connecticut 
shore, which stretches from the mouth of the Byram 
River to the mouth of the Pawcatuck, and lies along 
the whole extent of Long Island Sound. Every point 
on this coast is reached by the main lines of the New 
York, New Haven & Hartford and the New York, 
Providence & Boston Railroads, which together form 
the “ Shore Line,” one of the chief of the great iron 
highways between Boston and New York. Leaving 
New York from the immense Grand Central Depot 
at 42d Street, the Shore Line trains pass through upper 
New York, across the Harlem river, then through a 
number of pleasant suburban villages, and just 
beyond Port Chester, a busy little village with a beach 
twomilesaway on the Sound, crosses the Byram River 
into Connecticut. The first place reached is the 
ancient village of Greenwich, settled in 1640. It was 
here that Gen. Putnam rode his horse down a steep 
flight of stone steps when pursued by the British in 
1779. In the vicinity are a number of summer hotels, 
at Putnam Hill and Indian Harbor. 

STAMFORD. — Thirty-three miles from New York 
is the town of Stamford. Many beautiful residences 
are scattered over its hills and along its broad avenues. 
In 1840 it was a small sleepy village of 700 inhabi¬ 
tants, but since then, it has grown steadily in favor as 
a place of residence for New York people until now 
it has a population of over fifteen thousand. The 
village has a number of fine churches, and a town 
hall with a tower 100 feet high. At Shipman Point, 
which has a good beach, two miles from the railroad 
station, is a large summer hotel. Another favorite 
summer resort is Newton Hill where there is also a 
hotel. Col. Abraham Davenport, who exhibited so 
much courage and common sense in the Connecticut 
Legislature on the Dark Day, May 19, 178°! was a 
native of Stamford. Whittier has celebrated this 
event by a fine poem. Steamers run daily between 
Stamford and New York, and a branch railroad runs 
to New Canaan eight miles distant. 

SOUTH NORWALK. — The town of Norwalk has 
within its limits several villages,—South Norwalk, with 
about three thousand inhabitants, on the New York, 
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and Norwalk a 










The Grand Central Depot, New York 







































THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


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Partial View of New Haven, with Mill River and Harbor, from East Rock. 


mile and a half distant with a population of 6,000, on 
the Housatonic Railroad being the most important. 
They are busy manufacturing places engaged in the 
production of locks, knobs, hats, shoes, felt, beaver 
cloth, cassimere, shirts, earthenware, engines, etc. The 
oysters obtained on the shores of the town are highly 
esteemed. The Danbury and Norwalk division of the 
Housatonic Railroad has its terminus at Wilson’s Point, 
three miles below South Norwalk, and from here 
steamers make frequent trips to New York. Off shore 
are the Norwalk Islands, on which are many summer 


cottages, and Belle Island, with two summer hotels. 
Roton Point, near by, is a famous excursion resort. 

FAIRFIELD nine miles beyond South Norwalk, 
is a beautiful village, with a number of summer 
residences and two summer hotels. During the Rev¬ 
olution Fairfield was almost totally destroyed by the 
Hessians under Tyron, 200 houses being burned. 
Half a mile from the village is one of the best beaches 
on the sound, protected by a bar from southerly 
winds. 


BRIDGEPORT. 


The most important city on Long Island Sound, 
with the exception of New Haven, is Bridgeport. 
Pleasantly situated on the west side of a good harbor 
it not only is a busy place in the line of manufactur¬ 
ing and commerce, but attracts many visitors and resi¬ 
dents from New York during the summer on account 
of the advantages of the city itself and its beautiful 
environs. Sea-side Park, on the south of the city 
bordering on the Sound, is the chief public park. A 
fine road, following the curves of the shore and sepa¬ 
rated from the beach by a sea wall, forms the seaward 
front of the park and affords broad views of the 
Sound and of Long Island, twenty miles distant. In 
this park there is also a trotting course, a grove of 
venerable trees, a soldiers’ monument, and the remains 
of an old revolutionary fort. Along shore beyond 
the park is the summer resort of Black Rock. Wal- 
demere the residence of the late P. T. Barnum fronts 
the park and the spacious and beautiful grounds are 
open to the public, Other attractive localities in the 


neighborhood of the city are Holland Heights, a con¬ 
siderable elevation which overlooks the city, Fairfield, 
Black Rock and the Sound ; Golden Hill an aristo¬ 
cratic suburb; Washington Park, East Bridgeport, 
which contains a beautiful grove of fine old trees. 

The population of Bridgeport is about fifty thousand 
It is fifty-six miles from New York. The city has 
many manufacturing establishments, among which 
are the works of the Wheeler & Wilson and the Elias 
Howe, Jr., Sewing Machine Companies. Other 
prominent industries are the manufacture of rifles, 
cutlery, springs and axles, cartridges, corsets, organs, 
brass goods, leather, carpets, soaps and machinery. 

Bridgeport is on the main line of the New York, 
New Haven & Hartford Railroad and is also the start¬ 
ing point of the Housatonic railroad, running to the 
well-known fashionable resorts in the Berkshire Hills, 
Lenox and Great Barrington. Steamers run between 
New York and Bridgeport twice a day, and also to 
Port'Jefferson on Long Island- 







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THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


MILFORD.—About midway between Bridgeport 
and New Haven is the pretty easide village of Mil¬ 
ford. It has wide streets shaded with overarching 
elms and is the fortunate possessor of a green half a 


mile long. The principal industry is the making of 
straw goods. Off shore here is Charles Island, which is 
the headquarters of the famous American Steam 
Yacht Club. 


NEW HAVEN. 


The largest and most important city on Long Island 
Sound and in the State of Connecticut is New Haven. 
It is situated on the coast at the mouths of the Mill 
and Quinnipiac rivers, on a plain at the head of 
a bay which forms a good harbor. The streets are 
shaded with stately elm trees to such an extent that 
New Haven has been called “The City of Elms.” 
This fact, taken in connection with the beautiful man¬ 
sions that abound, the fine modern buildings in the 
business sections, the old and new structures of Yale 
College, the public buildings and the churches, all 
together constitute the city a very beautiful and pleas¬ 
ant place. The population in 1890 was 86,045. 

New Haven was settled in 1637 by Rev. John Da¬ 
venport and members of his congregation from Lon¬ 
don. They were people of considerable wealth, and 
laid out their settlement on a generous scale, planning 
a city with nine squares the central one being reserved 
for the Green. These nine squares now constitute the 
nucleus of the city, and comprise within their limits 
Yale College and the Public Green. 

The Green is a fine grass grown area, dotted with 
trees, and is frequently used for military parades; in 
its centre are the North, Centre and Trinity churches, 
all historic edifices, facing a magnificent arcade of elm 
trees, known as Temple Street arch while across Col¬ 


lege Street are the buildings and grounds of Yale. 
The college was removed to New Haven in 17 1 7 from 
Saybrook Point. Fronting on College Street are sev¬ 
eral dormitories that were built about the middle of the 
last centui'y. The majority of the buildings however 
are handsome and stately modern structures, chief of 
which are the Art School, the Library, Alumni Hall, 
the Sheffield Scientific School, the Divinity School, 
the Peabody Museum of Natural History and the 
Gymnasium. Many famous men were graduates of 
Yale, among them being Prof. Morse, inventor of the 
electric telegraph ; Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton 
gin ; John C. Calhoun, Noah Webster, J. Fennimore 
Cooper, Samuel J. Tilden and many others. 

A large amount of manufacturing is carried on in 
New Haven. The principal industries are the making of 
agricultural implements,' hardware, carriages, coaches, 
and cars, brass goods, firearms and ammunition, ma¬ 
chinery of various kinds, corsets and hoop skirts, 
cordage, pianos and organs. Within the past few 
years the commerce of New Haven has increased as 
some shipping has been attracted here from New York. 

About two miles from the centre of the city in a 
northerly direction are two immense precipitious 
masses of trap rock known respectively as the East 
and West Rocks. From their summits extensive 



Temple Street Arch, ^of Elms) Turqvgij tije Green, New Haven. 
















East Rock, with Soldiers’ Monument on the Summit, New Haven. 


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THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


views of the surrounding country are obtained. East 
Rock and the region around it forms a great public 
park, and on the top of the rock is a tall and imposing 
column in memory of the soldiers from New Haven 
who took part in the War of the Rebellion. A carriage 
road leads to the top, and horse-cars from the city run 
to the foot of the rock. West Rock is between two and 
a half miles from the Green, and rises abruptly from the 
plain to a height of over 400 feet. In its neighborhood 
is Maltby Park, containing 800 acres, and embracing 
within its limits the city water works. At the foot of 
the rock is the village of Westville, and near by is 
Edgewood the home of the well-known author Donald 
G. Mitchell. A favorite shore resort of the New 
Haven people is Savin Rock, four miles south-west of 
the city and reached by the horse-cars. The rock is a 
bold promontory and is the outpost of a long sandy 
beach with a light surf. Fairhaven, a suburb of the 
city on the east, is famous for its oysters. On the east 
side of the harbor are the old Forts Hale and Wooster. 
In the immediate vicinity of the city are the manufac¬ 
turing villages of Newhallville, Centreville, Whitney- 
ville, Westville, and East Haven. 

New Haven is the converging point for all the 
various lines of the New York. New Haven and Hart¬ 
ford Railroad. Distinct and separate lines run to the 
following points : To New York, to Springfield, to 
Willimantic, to New London, to Winsted, to North¬ 
ampton and Shelburne Falls, and over these lines 
through trains are moved to and from all the principal 
cities and connecting points on other lines. Besides 
these lines the Housatonic Railroad runs a branch 
from New Haven to Derry and Botsford. All these 


roads run into the new Union Station, recently 
erected, which fronts on the harbor. 

BRANFORD.—Eight miles from New Haven is the 
pretty village of Branford fronting on a “ rocky- 
shored and island-sprinkled bay.” Along the shore 
are six or eight good sized summer hotels. On Indian 
Neck, a peninsula two miles south of Branford, are 
two summer hotels, one of them the Montowese with 
accommodations for 200 guests. 

STONY CREEK.—This place is four miles beyond 
Branford, has four hotels, a large number of summer 
cottages, and is situated on a deep and picturesque 
bay famous for its oysters. Ofl shore lie the Thimble 
Islands, which are very beautiful and picturesque. On 
them are several hotels and many summer cottages. A 
small steamer is run from Stony Creek to the islands. 

GUILFORD is a pretty village built around a tree 
covered green and fronting on a beautiful harbor 
enclosed by Guilford Point and Sachem’s Head. It 
was settled as early as 1639. Some of the regicide 
Judges were hidden here for a time. Fitz Green 
Halleck, the poet, and W. H. H. Murray, were born 
in Guilford. It is sixteen miles from New Haven, 
and is a summer resort of people from that place. 

SAYBROOK. — One of the oldest towns on the 
Sound is Saybrook. A fort was built on the P int at 
the mouth of the Connecticut in 1635. Yale College 
was begun at Saybrook Point in 1701, and remained 
here until 1717, when it was removed to New Haven. 
The old village is about two miles from the Point; 
Fenwich and Saybrook Point are coming into prom¬ 
inence as summer resorts, and at Fenwich is a large 



Church Street, New Haven, Showing Ciiy Hall anp Court House. 














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Rhode Island Light-Houses. 


TOP, WATCH HILL. 


CENTRE, BLOCK ISLAND. 


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THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


hotel capable of housing 300 guests, while near by are 
a number of summer cott- The mouth of the 
Connecticut is frequently used as a harbor of refuge. 
The Shore Line Railroad crosses the Connecticut 
River on a long bridge from Saybrook to Lyme. 

On the coast between the mouth of the Connecticut 


and that of the Thames are the villages of Niantic, 
Waterford, and East and South Lyme, at each of 
which good accommodations can be found, while the 
fishing and boating facilities are excellent. At Niantic 
are several summer hotels and here the State Militaiy 
Camp is held annually. 


NEW LONDON. 


Seated on a hillside near the mouth of the Thames 
River, and facing southeast on a fine harbor three 
miles long, is New London, a small city of 10,000 
inhabitants. It is one of the oldest places in New 
England, and was settled by John Winthrop, Jr., in 
1645. At first it was known as Pequot Harbor, but 
in 1658 was renamed in honor of the “renowned city 
of London.” At present it is a quiet beautiful place 
with pleasant elm-shaded streets, picturesque old 
mansions, and a number of fine public buildings and 
churches. Below the city, along the Harbor Road, 
which leads along shore to the mouth of the Thames, 


a distance of three or four miles, are many summer 
residences. Near the mouth of the river on this road 
is the Pequot House a large summer hotel; a mile 
and a half beyond it is the patrician residence resort 
of Goshen; near the light-house is Osprey Beach. 
Fort Trumbull, along the line of the Harbor Road is 
a massive granite fortification, is only a short dis¬ 
tance from the city. The great boat race between 
crews from Harvard and Yale occurs on the Thames, 
annually at New London. Beside these two several 
other college crews own boat houses on the river, and 
oarsmen are daily seen speeding along the water. 



A View of Westerly and the Pawcatuck River. 


The longest double-track railroad draw-bridge in 
the world crosses the Thames at New London on the 
line of the New York, Providence & Boston Rail¬ 
road. It was opened for travel in 1889 after being 
several years in building. The width of the river 
where the bridge crosses is about fifteen hundred feet. 
Previously the trains were ferried across ; by means 
of the bridge much time is gained and the journey 
from New York to Boston or intermediate points is 
much shortened. 

GROTON.—Across the river from New London is 
Groton. Here are Groton Heights, where are the 
remains of old Fort Griswold, famous as the scene of 
the murder of Captain Ledyard during the Revolu¬ 
tionary War, by the Tory Captain Bloomfield, to 
whom he had surrendered the fort. A general mas¬ 
sacre followed this act. Near by is a monument to 
the soldiers who then met their death. From the top 
of this monument a splendid view is had of New Lon¬ 
don, Fisher’s Island, while Block Island and Montaup 
Point are within range of vision. At the mouth of the 
river in the limits of the town of Groton is the Fort 
Griswold House, a large and well appointed summer 


hotel. A steam ferry plies between New London 
and Groton. 

NOANK is the next station beyond Groton. Ship¬ 
building is carried on to some extent, although not so 
extensively as in the past. Several of the palatial 
steamers of the Providence and Stonington Steamship 
Company were built here. The place has three hotels 
and a few summer residences. Off shore, near Noank 
is Mystic Island, a quiet and pleasant summer resort. 

MYSTIC AND WEST MYSTIC are quiet seaside 
places, growing into popularity as summer resorts. 
Formerly they were engaged in shipbuilding, but this 
industry has been largely transferred to Noank. 
Within the limits of the town on Pequot Hill 600 
Indians met their death by fire and sword on May 26, 
1637 at the hands of a small body of English and about 
five hundred Indian allies. A monument commemo¬ 
rates this event which was a death-blow to the power 
of the Indians in Southern Connecticut. Midway be¬ 
tween Pequot Hill and New London is Fort Hill 
from which can be obtained a magnificent view of the 
surrounding country, embracing parts of fifteen towns, 


















THE NEW ENGLAND COa^T. 


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four counties, three states, twenty islands, seven light¬ 
houses, and including New London, Stonington, Fort 
Griswold, Fishers Island, Watch Hill, etc. 

FISHERS ISLAND.—A short distance oft'the coast, 
opposite Noank and the Mystics, is Fishers Island. 
It is nine miles long and contains about eight thousand 
acres. In 1668 the island was granted to Gov. Win- 
throp and remained in the possession of his descend¬ 
ants until 1868,—a period of 200 years—when it was 
purchased by Robert K. Fox. On its shores at pres¬ 
ent are between thirty and forty summer cottages. 
Twice a day steamers from New London make a 
landing here. 


that occasion, and also two of the cannons then used. 
The territory of the township of Stonington extends 
to Westerly and include 0 within its limits the village 
of Pawcatuck, which is «. ^egPul part of Westerly. 
Stonington itself has been a borough since 1801. 
Stonington is well known as the starting point of the 
line of steamers to New York that connect with 
the trains on the “Shore Line” from Boston and 
Providence. 

WESTERLY.—The township of Westerly forms 
the southwest corner of the State of Rhode Island, but 
the name is also applied more particularly to the busy 
manufacturing village on the east bank of the Paw¬ 
catuck River, five miles from its mouth and navigable 



Watch Hill, R. I. 


STONINGTON.—Situated on a narrow rocky point, 
at the west side of Little Narragansett Bay, and over¬ 
looking Fishers Island and Long Island Sound is the 
quiet town of Stonington. Watch Hill is only about 
three miles distant across the bay and steamers ply 
between the two places several times a day in summer. 
Stonington has a population of about 7,000. During 
the summer it attracts many visitors, and has one hotel 
and a number of boarding houses. It was a port of 
some importance during the first half of the century, 
and was quite extensively engaged in the whale fishery, 
but, like many other New England seaports, its com¬ 
merce is a thing of the past. During the war of 1812 
(August 1814) Stonington and its vicinity was bom¬ 
barded for three days by several British war vessels, 
but although sixty tons of iron was thrown into the 
town the British were repulsed with heavy loss. In 
the small park in front of the town hall there is a 
monument in honor of the defenders of the fort on 


to this point. The river here forms the boundary be¬ 
tween Rhode Island and Connecticut, and directly 
across on the west bank is the village of Pawcatuck in 
the township of Stonington, Conn., but which in 
common parlance is included in Westerly. From the 
river the land rises on either side to quite high eleva¬ 
tions between one and two hundred feet in height, but 
the slopes are gradual, and the villages are situated 
along the river banks and extend back up the hillsides. 
Westerly, as thus constituted, is the largest and most 
populous place in southern Rhode Island. In its 
borders much manufacturing is carried on, and it is 
the centre for the surrounding regions, where there 
are a number of small manufacturing villages. The 
business section extends for half a mile along the river 
on both banks, and on the streets running up and 
along the hillsides are the churches, schools, and resi¬ 
dences, the whole forming a pleasant town, which, 
from its situation, has a good drainage, and being 






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Th'x, NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


near the sea, while it is protected by high land to the 
north and east, s a salubrious climate. 

Westerly is. imous for its granite which is used 
extensively throughout tb** country for building and 
monumental purposes. The principal quarries, those 
of the Smith Granite Company, are situated on Gran¬ 
ite Hill, about half a mile east of the village. Here 
not only is the rough stone taken out of the ground 
but in adjoining buildings the blocks are converted 
into monuments, statues, and all manner of artistic 
figures. Nearly one hundred of the monuments at 
Gettysburg were made by this company. About four 
hundred men are employed, and are able to work at 
all seasons of the year as the buildings where the 
finest work goes on are heated. The Smith Granite 
Company has a capital of $100,000, its president and 
treasurer being Mr. Orlando R. Smith, who first 
started in this business in 1846. The company was 
incorporated in 1887. 


Westerly is the stronghold of the Seventh-Day 
Baptists, and their presence brings about the curious 
condition of affairs that a portion of the people hold 
their day of worship and rest on Saturday. Some of 
the stores are closed on Saturday, and services are 
held in the churches of the denomination, while on 
Sundays these stores are opened, and the Seventh-Day 
people go about their usual occupations. They were 
formerly much more numerous than at present, and 
several of the factories conformed to the system, but 
now the only concerns that do so are C. B. Cottrell & 
Sons, printing press manufacturers, several building 
firms, and a number of smaller shops. 

The main line of the New York, Providence and 
Boston Railroad runs through Westerly, the station 
being on the Rhode Island side, forty-four miles from 
Providence. During the summer steamers run from 
Westerly to Watch Hill, six miles distant down the 
river. 


WATCH HILL 


At the southwestern extremity of the State of 
Rhode Island is Watch Hill, so called from the fact 
that during colonial times and also during the revolu¬ 
tion a watch tower and signal station stood here. The 
elevation was well adapted for these purposes, as it 
commands a magnificent view of the Atlantic Ocean, 
Block Island, Long Island, Fishers Island, the Paw- 
catuck River, Little Narragansett Bay, and extensive 


tow that it is not safe for swimmers, and here there 
are always to be seen a number of wrecks strewn along 
the sands. On the other side of the point, however, 
and on the south shore of the sandy breakwater, is a 
fine beech, where the water is usually calm and the 
bathing safe. It is protected from the ocean waves by 
the light-house point which runs out just southeast of 
it. The fashionable hours are from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. 



The Plimpton and Annexes, Watch Hill, R. I., William Hill, Proprietor. 


landscapes both in Rhode Island and^Connecticut. A 
light-house here holds its light sixty-two feet above the 
sea level. From the base of the hill, a long and narrow 
strip of land extends directly west for more than a 
mile, and then runs north for about a mile, termina¬ 
ting in Sandy Point, and at the elbow the outer point 
is known as Napatree, the whole being nothing more 
than a low sand bar, shaped, as has been often said, 
like a sickle. This natural breakwater incloses Little 
Narragansett Bay, which is an almost circular body of 
water nine miles in circumference, into which the 
Pawcatuck River empties. Three miles distant, near 
the mouth of the bay, is Stonington. 

On the eastern side of Watch Hill Point the surf 
comes in with such force and there is so much under- 


This beach has been used for bathing for the last fifty 
years. 

The hill is covered with hotels, there being eight on 
its sides and summit, and in the neighborhood about 
fifty fine cottages are located. The development of 
the place as a summer resort began about 1840, when 
the first Watch Hill House was built. In 1S56, the 
Atlantic was erected ; in 1869, the Larkin House was 
opened ; then followed the Plimpton and the Ocean 
House, and these five are now the largest of the hotels. 
In 1870 began an era of cottage building, and since 
1886 a number of new cottages have been erected 
every year. 

The names of the hotels at Watch Hill are the 
Watch Hill House, the Larkin, the Plimpton, the 































THE NEW ENGLAND L'OAST. 


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Ocean Row, Narragansett Pier. 


Atlantic, and the Ocean House. The Plimpton has 
connected with it several annexes, which were for¬ 
merly independent hotels, and are all within fifty feet 
of the main house, in whose commodious dining room 
all the guests take their meals. On this account the 
Plimpton can accommodate more guests than any 
other house on the hill. 

From the hill or any of the hotels, a splendid seaward 
prospect lies in view, eleven light-houses and one 
light-ship being in sight. The temperature ranges 
from sixty-six to seventy-five degrees in the season, 
the ocean breezes continually sweep over it, the 
inclosed bay affords splendid opportunities for sailing 


or fishing, and the resort is easily reached, being but a 
short distance from the great highway of travel between 
New York and Boston—the Shore Line route. During 
the summer a small steamer runs from Stonington 
connecting with Shore Line trains and the run is only 
three miles across the bay. From Westerly a steamer 
also comes down the Pawcatuck River, a distance of 
about six miles, but affording very charming views of 
the scenery. The steamer from New London, to and 
from Block Island stops at Watch Hill both going and 
returning, and a smaller steamer also makes regular 
trips from the same place. On the ocean side of the 
point is a United States Life Saving Station. 



Expert Swimmers on the Raft, Narragansett Pier. 






















20 


THE .>EW ENGLAND COAST. 



NOYES BEACH.—Six miles east of Watch Hill, 
but yet in the limits of the town of Westerly, is Noyes’ 
Beach, a small shore resort, where are about a dozen 
cottages on a bluff overlooking a beach. These dwell¬ 
ings are mostly occupied by Westerly people, and in 
one or two of them guest are entertained. The diffi¬ 
culty of getting to this place, it being six miles away 
over a dusty road from Niantic, the nearest station on 
the railroad, renders it not so popular as its natural 
advantages warrant. Near the 
beach, on either side, are the 
extensive shore ponds, Quono- 
contaug and Ward’s. This lo¬ 
cality was much resorted to as 
a sporting place during the 
early years of the century’. 

Three miles further east is 
Quonocontaug, another small 
resort, situated directly on the 
beach, and consisting of a few 
houses inhabited mostly by 
Washington County people. 

CHARLESTOWN BEACH. 

—A short distance eastward 
from Quonocontaug Pond is 
the extensive shore pond known 
as Pawawget or Charlestown 
Pond, which is connected with 
the sea by a narrow’ inlet. On 
its shore are two small summer hotels, which are <3: 
reached by a drive of six miles from Carolina, on the 4 
New York, Providence & Boston Railroad. On the 
shore of Green Hill Pond, a beautiful sheet of water 
connected w’ith Charlestown Pond, eastward, is a 
small resort with one hotel, which is reached by 
carriage from Shannock. 

PERRYVTLLE is a resort adjacent to the shore ponds 
in the southein part of South Kingston. It has four 


hotels the largest of which 
is the Matunuck Beach 
House on Lake Worden. 
The place is reached by- 
carriage from Shannock, 
seven miles distant. 

Proposed Shore Rail¬ 
road. —In 1887 a charter 
was granted by the Rhode 
Island Legislature to the 
Sea View’ Railroad Com¬ 
pany, for the purpose of 
building a railroad along 
the southern coast of the 
State, from Watch Hill to 
Point Judith, and from 
there to Narragansett Pier. 
This road would pass 
along the coast and the 
numerous shore ponds 
that abound in that vicinity 
and would render accessi¬ 
ble many beaches both on 
the sea and inland waters. 
The best knowm places at 
present through which 
the road w’ould pass are : 
Noyes Beach, Quonocon¬ 
taug Beach, Charlestown 
Beach, Cross Mills and 
Rocky Point Beach. The 
probability is that some 
time in the near future the 
railroad will be built, and it will open up one of the 
most charming regions in Rhode Island. In 1890 this 
charter was amended giving the corporation the right 
to build a railroad either from the Newport and Wick- 
ford Branch or from the main line of the New York, 
Providence & Boston Railroad, through the town of 
North Kingstown to Narragansett Pier. The intention 
evidently is to make this a shore road from Wickford 
to Narragansett Pier. 






















THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


21 


NARRAGANSETT PIER. 


One of the best known and most fashionable sum¬ 
mer resorts on the Atlantic coast at the present time is 
Narragansett Pier. It is situated in the town of South 
Kingstown R. I., near the western entrance to Nar¬ 
ragansett Bay, about ten miles across the water from 
Newport in a southwesterly direction and four or five 
miles north of that dread of mariners, Point Judith. 

The coast here is exposed to the full sweep of the 
ocean from the east. While there are slight inden¬ 
tations in the shore, no harbor is possible, as on the 
calmest day the long ocean swell is on the water and 
the waves dash strongly against every rock and beach, 
and enter into every bay with undiminished force. In 
fact, it is from this circumstance that the Pier had its 
origin and takes its name. As the inhabitants found 
it desirable to have water communication with the out¬ 
side world, a pier was built by John Robinson about 
the year 1780 on 
the least exposed 
portion of the 
coast, and as all 
the region back of 
it was the Narra¬ 
gansett country, of 
course the pier 
soon came to be 
known as the Nar- 
ragansett Pier. 

The sea has bat¬ 
tered down many 
of the piers that 
were built since 
that time, and their 
ruins can be seen 
on the shore be¬ 
tween the beach 
and the South Pier, 
the only one re¬ 
maining, where 
are two wharves 
inclosing a dock, 
which serves the 
purpose of a har¬ 
bor, and will ac¬ 
commodate several 
vessels. 

To the lover of 
nature in her vary¬ 
ing modes, this 
locality possesses 
many charms. All 
the way from Narragansett Pier to Point Judith is a 
rugged, rocky sea-coast, on which the waves are 
constantly beating with a force that cannot be esti¬ 
mated ; in the immediate vicinity is a less wild adjoin¬ 
ing portion, formed, not of rock, but of sand, which 
the waves approach with a force similar and equal 
to their assaults on the rocky ramparts, but finding 
less resistance, melt and merge away in long graceful 
rollers chasing each other up and down the smooth 
and level sands ; between, there is a region of chaos 
neither wholly rocks nor sand but a confused jumble of 
both, the connecting links between the rocky and 
sandy shores, and this section is where the piers that 
in the past and present have given the name to the 
place, were located. The ever-changing form of the 
waves as they roll in on the sands, the dashing and 
breaking and thundering of the surf on the rocks, 
and the manifold forms of the ever-troubled waters 


under varying physical conditions, are unsurpassed 
attractions. In very few places can the power and 
beauty of the ocean be witnessed to such good 
advantage. 

That such a locality should attract the lovers of the 
beautiful in nature is not to be wondered at; that it 
should become a summer resort of wealth and fashion 
was inevitable; for, while the coast has all these 
charms, the country is beautiful, with broad meadows, 
hills, ponds, streams of water, villages and farms, while 
it has many pleasing historical associations, in fact, 
surpassing any other part of the state of Rhode Island 
in this respect. Here in colonial times, resided great 
landed proprietors, who kept up, with their numerous 
slaves, a sort of feudal magnificence and princely hos¬ 
pitality ; here the celebrated breed of horses, the Nar¬ 
ragansett pacers, had their home ; here in the kindly 

and primitive fash¬ 
ion of the age, 
the slaves imitated 
their masters in 
holding elections, 
as narrated in some 
of the old books, 
which so garrulous¬ 
ly set forth all these 
particulars. The 
aroma of this kind¬ 
ly olden life still 
clings to the hills 
and valleys of the 
country, and can 
be enjoyed by the 
visitor either on the 
spot, by associa¬ 
tion, or through lit¬ 
erature pertaining 
to South County. 

The fashionable 
resort may be said 
now to consist of 
two portions. Sev¬ 
eral years ago the 
statement was true 
that it was a settle¬ 
ment of great ho¬ 
tels. To-day, the 
hotels are still here, 
and have increased 
in number, while 
“ cottages” similar 
to those at Newport have become proportionately more 
numerous, and to the south of the original section, 
within the past few years, on situations overlooking 
the rocks, is an extended line of elegant and expensive 
residences. 

The main portion of Narragansett Pier lies along 
the shore from the bathing beach on the north to the 
South Pier, a distance of from an eighth to a quarter 
of a mile, and consists of about a score of large hotels, 
sixty or more cottages, two churches, a chapel, the 
post-office, a few stores and last, but not least, the Ca¬ 
sino. A few cottages and eight of the hotels, with 
wide lawns in front, face the ocean, from which they 
are separated by a fine macadamized street. At the 
northward end of this row is the Casino, an elegant 
stone structure, a portion of which is thrown across 
Ocean Avenue, in a fine arch ; extensive grounds and 
buildings run from the avenue westward along Beach 



Sporting in the Surf, Narragansett Pier. 




22 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


Place, and the whole affords opportunity for entertain¬ 
ments and for social intercourse, for the wealthy so¬ 
journers. From Beach or Exchange Place, a short 
street on which the Casino borders, all roads diverge ; 
here are all the summer stores and offices; here you 
start for any one of the beautiful drives to be had in the 
vicinity. The beach begins only a few yards from 
Beach Place northward, and is reached from it by a 
short lane. 

The chief attraction at the Pier is the bathing beach, 
which is situated just north of the hotels and ex¬ 
tends about a mile in a crescent-shaped curve until it 
reaches the mouth of the Pettaquamscutt River. It is 
gently inclined, is as level as a floor, and so packed 
down by the beating of the waves as to be extremely 
smooth and hard. Only a small action of the beach 
is used—the southern end of the curve, said to be the 
only safe portion, as further up the undertow is strong 


be obliged to embrace one of the fairest of the Four 
Hundred. 

A boat patrols the beach outside the breakers during 
bathing hours for the purpose of rescuing disabled or 
exhausted bathers or venturesome swimmers, and 
many lives have been saved by this means. 

At the southern end of the seaward row of the hotels 
are the two wharves. The magnificent rocky coast 
begins a short distance south of the landing, and con¬ 
tinues all the way to Point Judith, five miles distant. 
A path leads along the upper edge of these rocks. In 
general, they shelve down into the water; but many 
project boldly into the sea, and not a few rise in steep 
cliffs bidding defiance to the waves. The two most 
distinctive masses of rock are known respectively as 
Indian and Sunset Rocks. This walk along the cliffs 
is a favorite resort of all residents and visitors, and 
since the building of the cottages affords not only op- 



An Undress Social at the Beach, Narragansett Pier. 


and dangerous—and opposite this space are commo¬ 
dious bathing-houses, belonging to the various hotels, 
and to private parties, all forming a continuous range 
of buildings. Many of the houses have balconies from 
which spectators may view the scene without being 
troubled by the passing of the dripping bathers. Be¬ 
tween the promenade and the edge of the water rows 
of tents are pitched, and these shelters from the sun are 
favorite places for the on-lookers. The fashionable 
hours are at midday, when the scene here presented 
surpasses in the multitude and character of the bathers 
that at any other resort in New England. Sometimes 
as many as a thousand persons are tumbling in the 
surf, the waves come in rapidly, the bathers are 
dashed and buffeted about, and when an extra strong- 
breaker overwhelms the throng the scene is a gay one, 
the sudden and forcible concussions that follow are 
taken as a matter of course, so that here in the water 
democracy prevails ; and a plebeian may not only rub 
elbows with a Ward McAllister, but he may perforce 


portunity to observe the magnificent action of the sea 
on the rocks but also to see the beautiful residences 
and well-kept estates. Leading out of Ocean Avenue 
at the landing is the road to point Judith, built in 
1882, which follows the coast all the way. For the 
first half or three-quarters of a mile are a score or 
more of villas, all but one or two between the high¬ 
way and the sea. The finest of the group is “ Dun- 
mere,” the property of R. G. Dun, Esq., of New 
York. It is a magnificent residence with surround¬ 
ings almost fairy-like in their beauty. 

Overlooking this group of residences on the western 
side of the road is the Hazard estate, a well wooded 
tract, the highest land along the shore in the neigh¬ 
borhood. About the centre of the grounds is Hazard 
Castle, a feudal looking stone tower, visible from all 
the country round as it looms above the trees. At its 
base is a low, rambling stone house built in many 
sections, sometimes known as “Druid’s Dream” 
from its curious construction. For many years this 














THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


23 



Greene’s Inn, Narragansett Pier. 


house and tower remained in an unfinished 
condition and constituted a delightful 
mystery for the curious to gossip about. 

No one knew definitely what was the pur¬ 
pose of the buildings, but the story readily 
obtained credence that the projector in¬ 
tended them for the home of an accom¬ 
plished and beautiful bride who died before 
her wedding day, and her inconsolable 
lover stopped the building and left his 
native land in the good old-fashioned way 
which exists now only in classic romance. 

Whether this is exactly true or not, it is a 
beautiful legend and worthy of the locality. 

In 1883 the property was sold by its original 
owner, Joseph Peace Hazard, to his nephew 
Rowland N. Hazard, of New York, for a 
small sum, on condition that the original 
plan be carried out. The tower is 105 feet 
high, 160 feet above the level of the sea, 
twenty-five feet square at the base, and 
twenty feet at the top, with walls from 
three to four feet thick, and is divided into seven 
stories. The view from the top of this tower is the 
most magnificent in the State. The south shores of 
Newport and Conanicut Island, Beaver Tail and 
Whale Rock light-houses, the main passage and the 
western entrance to Narragansett Bay all lie to the 
northeast. Before you to the east and south is the 
wide ocean, from Seaconnet Point to Block Island, 
the horizon describing an arc of ninety degrees. To 
the south is Point Judith, clearly defined, and running 
out into the water like a finger, while further away 
across the intervening water the bulk of Block Island 
rises out of the sea in clear, sharp outline. At your 
feet is the entire rocky coast with the group of cot¬ 
tages along the Ocean Road, and half a mile away to 
the north is the main portion of the Pier, so distinct 
that you can pick out nearly every building. To the 
south, beyond Point Judith, is a large extent of the 
southern coast of the State, flanked by numerous ponds 
glistening in the sun ; to the northwest the villages of 
Wakefield and Peace Dale are clearly discerned, while 
all around on the west and north are ranges of low 
hills shutting out the view. 

There are many beautiful drives in the vicinity. 
The River road leads northward through a charming 
and picturesque country past Canonchet, famous in 
the annals of the house of Sprague. Eight miles up 
this road is the birthplace of Gilbert Stuart, the cele¬ 


brated artist. Other drives in the vicinity are to Point 
Judith light-house, two roads, one by the ocean, the 
other inland, five miles south ; to South Ferry, five 
miles north; to Lake Worden, six miles west; to 
Kingston (Little Rest), five miles west; to Matunuck 
Beach on shores of Lake Worden, eight miles west; 
to Wakefield, two miles northwest; to Peace Dale, 
three miles northwest. 

In May, 1887, the General Assembly constituted 
Narragansett Pier and vicinity a district, by the name 
of Narragansett, with all the powers of a town in 
regard to local self government, but gave it no repre¬ 
sentation in the legislature. Since then a fine system 
of witer works has been constructed, the water being 
obtained from Lake Worden five miles distant, a d it 
has sufficient head to carry a stream over the highest 
buildings in the place, so that the facilities in the 
event of fire are excellent. The entire place is now 
lighted by electricity. During the summer a daily 
newspaper, “ The Daily Times T is published. 

The Pier is reached by the Narragansett Pier Rail¬ 
road, which connects with the main line of the New 
York, Providence & Boston Railroad at Kingston. 
During the summer a small propeller, the Herman 
S. Caswell , plies between the Pier and Newport. 
Another route to Newport is by the highway to South 
Ferry and thence by the two ferries and across Conan¬ 
icut Island. 

GREENE’S INN is open all the year. 
It has steam heat and open fires. This 
building is the result of an effort to pro¬ 
duce a hostelry, promising some of the 
creature comforts so commonly found 
in the smaller hotels of England, and 
which many of the great caravansaries 
lining our coast are the farthest possible 
from furnishing. In addition to being 
a delightful summer resort, Narragan¬ 
sett Pier, like Newport, has a mild and 
bracing winter climate, and it is the 
intention of the owners to offer an at¬ 
tractive and comfortable house for inva¬ 
lids, or others desiring a change during 
the winter, hence the Solarium, which 
is on the southeast corner, and is a 
great glazed piazza containing a wide, 
open fire-place. In summer the sashes 
can [be removed and the Solarium then 
forms part of the front veranda. There 



Fireplace, Greene’s Inn. 















2 4 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 



a well kept summer home. It is under 
the management of John Babcock, who 
has looked after the comfort of its 
guests for the past twelve years. There 
are five daily mails, telephone in the 
house, and telegraphic connection near 
at hand with all points. The terms are 
reasonable. Applications are promptly 
responded to by Mr. J. Babcock, super¬ 
intendent. 


The Massasoit, Narragansett Pier. 

is a good livery stable in connection. Apply for 
circulars to H. W. & N. R Greene, the proprietors. 


CHANDLER’S, formerly the Narra¬ 
gansett, has been purchased by its 
present proprietor and moved from 
Ocean Avenue to Congdon Street, 
where it is only one minute’s walk from 
the depot, two from the ocean, of which 
it has a fine view from its broad and 
spacious piazzas and rooms. It is only 
ten minutes from the famous beach 
that makes Narragansett Pier so attrac¬ 
tive. The house is open all the year 
for permanent and transient guests. Special rates to 
commercial travelers, and those making a long sea¬ 




THE MASSASOIT HOUSE is one of 

the most desirably located hotels at Nar¬ 
ragansett Pier. It stands on high ground, 
and is within two minutes’ walk of the 
bathing beach. From its rooms and 
piazzas excellent views of the ocean are 
obtained; some of its rooms overlook 
the Casino, while from the upper win¬ 
dows, wide stretches of the beautiful 
Narragansett country may be seen. The 
House is four stories in he ight, and will 
accommodate one hundred and thirty 
guests. It has two hundred and fifty feet 
length of piazzas, and is provided with 
wrought iron fire escape. It is lighted 
throughout by electricity, has electric 
bells in every room, and is provided with 
hot and cold water baths. The drainage 
and sanitary arrangements are of the 
best. The sleeping rooms are large and 
arranged for comfort, with wide airy 
halls, and the table is provided with the best the 
market affords. The house has the reputation of being 


Chandler’s Narragansett Pier. 

son. Rates $2 to $2.50 per day, according to location 
of rooms. The proprietor is Mr. James C. Chandler. 

The other hotels at the Pier 
are the Mathewson, the Berwick, 
the Atlantic, the Revere, the 
Gladstone and Columbus, the 
Rockingham, the Continental, 
the Atwood, the Metatoxet, 
Ocean House, Congdon House, 
Clark’s, the Tower Hill Hotel, 
and a number of smaller houses. 
The majority of the largest hotels 
face the water on Ocean Ave¬ 
nue, although several of the most 
important are somewhat back 
from the water front. Every 
year great improvements are 
made in the hotels either in build¬ 
ing additions or in refitting. 
Nearly all the streets at the Pier 
have been macadamized, and 
provided with broad asphalt 
sidewalks, while new roads have 
been extended into the country 
and these with the old highways 
are in excellent condition. 


Birthplace of Gilbert Stuart, 

AT THE HEAD OF THE PETAQUAMSCOTT RIVER, NEAR NARRAGANSETT PIER. 




























THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


25 


BLOCK 



Hon. Nicholas Ball, 

PROPRIETOR OF THE OCEAN VIEW HOUSE, BLOCK ISLAND. 


Block Island lies out at sea twelve miles from the 
nearest point on the southern coast of Rhode Island, 
fifteen miles southwest from Point Judith, and thirty 
miles from Newport. Standing out in a bold, clear- 
cut mass, it is a conspicuous object from any elevated 
point on the southern coast of Rhode Island, or from 
the decks of vessels traversing the upper part of Long 
Island Sound. It is triangular in shape, and is from 
seven to eight miles long by about three and a half in 
its widest part. The only harbor on the is’and is 
Block Island Bay, an indentation in the coast which 
affords little shelter, for although it lies for two miles 
along shore, it is not more than half a mile deep and 
the waves continually beat on its shore in a moderate 
surf. At the extreme southern end the shore makes a 
deeper sweep, and here an artificial harbor has been 
formed by the construction of a government break¬ 
water, begun in 1871, and which is now more than 
1,500 feet in length. This harbor is only available in 
comparatively mild weather, and not at all during 
strong northerly or easterly winds. The breakwater 
consists of a huge rough will of immense blocks of 
granite piled promiscuously upon each other. At its 
inner side are two wharves, with L shaped projections 
on their seaward ends, which enclose a dock capable 
of accommodating several vessels. Outside of this 
basin, the space protected by the breakwater affords 
good anchorage ground, much utilized by fishing 
vessels at certain seasons of the year. As many as a 
hundred and fifty sail sometimes are counted here 
waiting for one of the frequent fogs to lift so that they 
can pursue their avocation again. 


ISLAND. 

Along the shore and on low rolling hills facing the 
harbor is the most considerable community on the 
island, consisting of a collection of summer hotels, 
dwellings, two churches and several stores. The 
whole place lies fully in view from the deck of an ap¬ 
proaching steamer. Extending from the steamboat 
landing to the Post-Office, a distance of less than half 
a mile is a row of hotels seated on a low bluff, with a 
street intervening between them and its edge, while 
the shore in front is a gently shelving beach on which 
the fishermen haul up their boats. At the foot of 
the bluff' are rows of fish sheds that are generally taken 
by visitors, at first sight, for bathing houses. Beyond 
the Post-Office, which stands on a miniature headland, 
the shore curves inward and the bathing beach properly 
begins. Three main roads lead from the Harbor 
village, and they, with their ramifications reach every 
portion of the island. Northward runs the Neck road 
leading to Sandy Point and light, a distance in this 
way of about six miles; directly across the island 
westward runs Main Street, between three and four 
miles in length, midway passing through the “ Centre,” 
the only other village on the island, where the town 
house and public library are located ; southward High 
Street leads up the hills to the southeastern bluffs and 
the light-house, a distance of about two miles. 

The bulk of the island is in the southern part, where 
the distance across is about three and a half miles. 
From there it tapers gradually to a point at the 
extreme north. Southward the land slopes gradually 
upward from the Harbor village to a series of high, 
precipitous bluffs, rising from 100 to more than 150 
feet in height, which form the coast of the island on 
the south. The faces of these bluffs are formed of 
clay, cut up into pinnacles, headlands, precipices and 
slopes, while the shore at their base is strewn with 
boulders and rocks rounded by the ceaseless rolling ot 
the waves. The effect on approaching these cliffs is 
very unique. The greensward of the hills reaches to 
their edge, and in places the sea is not seen until the 
observer is on the brink, when, looking sheer down¬ 
ward for nearly 200 feet, the sensation is as if one 
was suspended between sea and sky. 

A portion of the southeast corner of the island is 
known as Mohegan Bluff', from the story that a party 
of the Mohegan tribe of Indians on an invading expe¬ 
dition, were here penned up and destroyed by the 
island Indians, the Manissees. Near the edge of this 
bluff, which is about 150 feet above mean low water, 
stands a fine government light-house, whose lantern 
gleams 204 feet above the sea. This light-house, one 
of the best equipped on the coast, is a handsome brick 
structure erected in 1874 at a cost °f $75 >000, and 
contains a Fresnel cylindrical lens of the first order, 
which cost about $10,000. Almost on the edge of the 
bluff'near the light-house are two powerful fog horns, 
operated by small steam engines, which pierce the air 
with their shrill shrieks every half minute during the 
fogs which so frequently envelop the island. 

The surface of the island is almost wholly formed 
of hills and ponds. In every hollow is a sheet of 
water, ranging in size from Great Pond, midway of 
the length of the island, covering a thousand acres or 
more, to little pools a few feet in circumference. The 
highest land on the island is Beacon Hill, 211 feet 
above the sea level, and from its summit not only the 
entire island, its hills and ponds, can be seen, but the 
sea is visible on all sides except where the bluff's are 












2 6 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 



Mohegan Bluffs, Block Island. 


highest, at the southeast, and Long Island Sound, the 
shores of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Long Island 
are plainly visible on clear days, the whole affording', 
a truly magnificent prospect. The hill is about two 
miles west of the landing. 

The Numerous ponds, the abundant rains and fogs 
keep the island in a condition of beautiful verdure ; 
even during the sultry summer weather its hills are 
green and pleasant. Block Island is almost without 
trees, although traditions say that when first discovered 
by Europeans it was covered with forest. There is 
now no good reason to believe that trees would not 
grow in most of the sheltered valleys, and it is to be 
hoped that efforts will be made to plant and cultivate 
them, as they would add much to the beauty of the 
already charming isle. The original forests were un¬ 
doubtedly cut down and used for building material 
and fuel. Until about 1846 the fuel used on the island 
was peat, obtained from many of the numerous ponds, 
where the vegetable deposit through long ages had 
formed into this material. But little, if any, is now 
used, although on the margins of many of the ponds 
the places where it was formerly cut can be easily dis¬ 
cerned. 

Near the geographical centre of the island and 
about a mile and a half by road westward from the 
harbor is “The Centre,” a cross-roads with a few 
houses, a church, school, and the town house, a plain 
wooden building, which also contains the “Island 
Library,” formed in 1875, through the efforts of Dr. 
T. H. Mann, Mr. A. W. Brown, Mr. Charles E. 
Perry and others ; there are now about 2,000 volumes 


in the collection. The road to the Centre leads 
through pleasant farms, several of which have ex¬ 
tensive orchards. Excellent views of the island’s 
landscape are had, the whole surface being dotted 
with dwellings, so that there are really no desolate 
regions. Near the Centre are two quaint old wind¬ 
mills. 

Notwithstanding the great exposure to the ocean 
breezes—-in fact, because of it—Block Island is a 
delightful resort in summer. The climate is like that 
of Bermuda, the temperature rarely rising above 
seventy-five degrees, and being in the centre of con¬ 
flicting ocean currents, its atmosphere is surchai'ged 
with ozone and other life-giving elements. 

The island was formerly the scene of many ship¬ 
wrecks, and many are the weird stories of wreckers 
that have been given a “ local habitation and a name.” 
The most famous of these legends is that of the Pala¬ 
tine Light, said to be a phantom ship, but probably 
some irradiation that passes over the surface of the 
deep. It was last observed in 1880 by Thomas Peace 
Hazard. 

Previous to the building of the breakwater visitors 
to the island had to come ashore in small boats through 
the surf. The native Block Islanders were formerly 
very expert boatmen, as they had to navigate their 
boats through the surf every time they entered or left 
the water, and they developed a type of boat specially 
adapted to this trying service. This boat was small 
and light, sharp at both ends, and of a peculiar shape. 

Block Island was first brought to the notice of the 
New England settlers by the murder of Captain John 








THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


27 


Oldham and his companions in 1636 by its savage 
inhabitants. On that account expeditions were fitted 
out from Boston by which the Indian inhabitants were 
punished and subdued, and the Island then became 
the possession of Massachusetts, but was afterwards 
sold to private parties by the colony, and finally, in 
1672, was duly incorporated as a Rhode Island town, 
and was named New Shoreham. The island name 
perpetuates the memory of Adrian Block, an old 
Dutch navigator, who visited it in 1614. Verazzano, 
the Florentine navigator and explorer, saw it in 1524 
as he passed along the coast, and he reportedth at it 
was full of hills and covered with trees. 

One of the great attractions of Block Island is the 
fishing to be enjoyed off its shores or in the surround¬ 
ing waters. About a third of the islanders are en¬ 
gaged in the fisheries, and ihe cod, mackerel and 
swordfish are those chiefly sought for commercial pur¬ 
poses. The favorite sport of summer visitors is to 
fish for bluefish from a Block Island boat in the care 
of a hardy skipper, or better still, to throw the line 
for sea bass from the foot of the bluffs on the south 


food in the immediate vicinity, and also lambs, chick¬ 
ens, eggs, cream, milk, and vegetables from its nu¬ 
merous island farms. The Ocean View is espe¬ 
cially favored in being supplied with the purest of 
drinking water. 

No expense or personal attention will be spared to 
contribute to the comfort and happiness of the guests. 
The re-engagement of Quimby’s Orchestra, for concerts 
and dancing, is a sufficient guarantee of satisfaction. 
Prof. J. A. Cooper, of Boston, long and favorably 
known to former patrons as master of ceremonies, 
will again preside in Music Hall. A fine tennis court 
with all the latest improvements is located on the hotel 
grounds. 

All the rooms in the hotel and cottage are lighted 
with gas, while the rotunda, parlors, dining-room, 
music hall, piazza, and the lawn have arc electric 
lights. The latest improved system of electric bells 
connects each room with the office. There are steam 
radiators in drawing-rooms, halls, reading-rooms, etc. 
The House Physician, Dr. Geo. E. Brewer, of New 
York City, will be in attendance during the season. 



The Ocean View House, Block Island. 


shore, where frequently very good catches are made. 
The ponds abound in fish, particularly Great Pond, 
and many of the summer visitors prefer this sport to 
the danger and disagreeable features incident to sea 
fishing. 

THE OCEAN VEIW.—This popular summer house, 
accommodating five hundred guests, stands high above 
the water, and occupies the finest site upon the Island. 
It faces the ocean on three sides, giving nearly every 
room a splendid ocean view, and it has a harbor front¬ 
age of three hundred and fifty feet. 

The Grand Veranda of the Ocean View and Cot¬ 
tage, one-fourth of a mile in length and twenty feet 
wide, commands one of the finest views upon the 
Atlantic coast. In the quiet harbor, directly in front 
of the hotel, lie scores of pleasure yachts and fishing 
vessels in which parties visit the blue-fish grounds 
and cod-fish banks, or chase with the harpoon the 
sword-fish and shark. To the right of the harbor the 
Government Breakwater (costing $265,000) stretches 
its huge arm fifteen hundred feet into the ocean. 

To former patrons nothing need be said regarding 
the table, to strangers only this, that extra advantages 
are afforded for obtaining the greatest variety of sea 


Post-office and cable conveniences are at hand. 
Block Island is thus connected with the mainland, 
enabling the guests to have telegraphic communica¬ 
tion with all the principal cities. Stock reports can 
be had daily and business carried on while spending 
the summer at sea. Hot and cold, fresh and salt 
baths are conveniently arranged. 

All the leading papers and periodicals of the day, 
magazines, novels, etc., also a large assortment of 
choice cut flowers are to be obtained. 

An excellent livery is connected with the hotel. 
Carriages and competent drivers can be obtained 
promptly by applying at the office. Guests desiring 
to bring their own teams, with or without coachmen, 
find good accommodations at moderate rates. 

The location of the house being fifty feet above the 
sea, the drainage is considered perfect and has received 
the endorsement of medical experts and of the super¬ 
intendent of the State Board of Health. Among the 
latest improvements are the wide substantial walks 
from the hotel to the boat landing, to all the cottages, 
principal stores, etc., affording a clean promenade. 

Within five minutes’ walk of the hotel, neat and 
convenient Baptist and Episcopal chapels have been 





28 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


erected by the kindly aid of many former guests, 
where services will be conducted by distinguished 
clergymen. 

The island is free from all annoyance of mosquitoes, 
and the air is always cool and bracing, at the same 
time having a mildness unknown elsewhere. 

There are beautiful drives across the island in every 
direction by the many country roads, branching out 
with the utmost disregard of the points of the com¬ 
pass. Beautiful views of land and ocean scenery con¬ 
tinually present themselves with ever-changing effects. 

The bathing beach, a short distance from the 
Ocean View, is about three miles long and one of 
the finest on the coast. Being entirely free from un¬ 
dertow and currents, it is perfectly safe for children. 
Hundreds of people daily take advantage of the excel¬ 
lent opportunities afforded. 

Block Island is noted for its codfish banks, its abun¬ 
dance of blue-fish, and the number of sword-fish caught. 
Boats of all kinds with competent boatmen are always 
obtainable, and fishing parties are made up daily by 
the lovers of this sport to chase and harpoon the 
gamey sword-fish. 

Hon. Nicholas Ball, proprietor, and F. C. Cundall 
and S. C. Ball, managers. 


arrangements for hot or cold, fresh or sea-water baths, 
are among the conveniences enjoyed by guests. 
Piazzas surround the main building on the first and 
second floors, and the halls open directly on the 
piazzas, which have been much enlarged during the 
past season. 

The house is connected with Sand’s Point Reser¬ 
voir, and with Harbor Pond by a private pipe-line 
owned by the proprietor. Every room has a view of 
the ocean and of the steamboat landing, and the dining 
room, parlors and front hall have a beach and sea 
view also. There are the best of protections against 
fire on every floor, and Surf Cottage Hotel, so far as 
location, appointments and convenience of access are 
concerned, cannot be surpassed by any hotel on the 
Island. 

Twenty years of experience of the proprietor, and 
the past popularity of the Surf Cottage, is a guarantee 
that a high standard of excellence will be maintained ; 
that the table will continue to be unexceptionable, and 
that all efforts will continue to be made to satisfy the 
most fastidious guest. Terms very moderate, with 
important reductions previous to July ist and subse¬ 
quent to September ist. All inquiries will receive 
prompt attention by Charles W. Willis, proprietor. 



The Surf Cottage Hotel, Block Island. 


SURF COTTAGE HOTEL.—The location of this 
house is unique. The north side and east end are 
directly on the beach, and one can sit in his room or 
on the piazzas and see and listen to the surf as it beats 
almost at his feet. Stairs connect the rear piazzas 
with private bath-houses owned by the proprietor. 

The house fronts to the street; the U. S. Meteoro¬ 
logical station and cable office is distant about twenty 
yards, while a barber’s shop, drug stores, dry and 
fancy goods, clothing and gents’ furnishing goods, and 
other stores for the sale of merchandise, and the Post- 
office are within one or two minutes’ walk. 

In the hotel the rooms are large and high studded, 
the walls are hard finished, the rooms finely furnished, 
the celebrated “Bliss” springs and hair mattresses 
being used on the beds. Water on every floor, the 
best of toilet accommodations, and bath-rooms with 


THE HYGEIA HOTEL—John C. Champlin, pro¬ 
prietor ; R. F. Randall, manager. There has always 
been a peculiar charm about the Island of the Sea. 
There is a charm about Block Island that is indescrib¬ 
able—that is peculiarly its own. There are green hills 
and beautiful valleys. Ponds innumerable, their 
bosoms white with the beautiful water lily ; cosy cot¬ 
tages, and picturesque old windmills. Grand cliffs, 
with the mighty waves of the Atlantic beating and 
throbbing at their feet as restless as the beating of the 
human heart. The very great popularity of Block 
Island as a summer resort is due very largely to its 
remarkable purity of atmosphere, and its marvelous 
effect upon individuals who desire to combine recu¬ 
peration and recreation. Prominent and public spir¬ 
ited men, realizing the demand for a strictly first-class 
Hotel, where business men could send their families 















THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


29 


for the season, assured that nothing would be left 
undone to promote their comfort, after a thorough 
survey of the island, selected the location where the 
Hygeia now stands, as by far the finest site on the 
whole island, because of its natural advantages, beauty 
of surroundings, nearness to the bathing beach, mag¬ 
nificent and commanding views of the ocean, and 
opportunities for lake fishing, rowing and sailing. 
After a careful study of the best hotels in the country, 
the Hygeia was built under the most careful super¬ 
vision, and the result is acknowledged to be the finest 
hotel on the Island. The irregular contour of the 
house with its Gothic roof broken into numerous pro¬ 
jections and dormers has a most pleasing and imposing 
effect. The rooms are very high, large and airy, with 
double windows, the large central light, plain, encir¬ 
cled with small marginal lights of various colored 
glass ; set wash-bowls and running spring water, gas, 
speaking tubes, open fire places, and a view of the 
ocean from every room in the hotel. Hot and cold, 
fresh and salt water baths on every floor. Orchestra, 
laundry And livery are connected with the hotel. The 



The Hygeia Hotel, Block Island. 


table will be kept up to the highest standard. Terms 
$2.00 to $3.00 per day. Special rates to families and 
those desiring to spend the season. Telegraph office 
in the hotel. 

The various kindsof fishing afforded at Block Island, 
during the summer months, are found no where else 
on the Atlantic coast, and adds much to the attrac¬ 
tions of the island as a summer resort. 

Directly in front of the Hygeia and bordering on its 
lawn are a beautiful chain of lakes, stocked with all 
kinds of fresh water fish. Sailing and rowing parties 
are constantly upon its waters, while the more hardy 
fisherman pursues the bass and the blue fish or spears 
the sword fish from the bay beyond. 

THE NATIONAL HOTEL was erected by its pre¬ 
sent owner, Mr. Ray G. Lewis, and it has always been 
run under his personal supervision, with an able corps 
of assistants. It is within one hundred feet of the 
ocean, fronting the main breakwater and harbor, 
being separated from the cliff, at the foot of which 
beats the restless surf, by the street only. The next 
building south is the United States Meteorological sta¬ 
tion and cable office, while the post-office, drug 
stores, and stores dealing in general merchandise are 
within convenient access. Crescent Beach, univer¬ 
sally conceded to be one of the very best, as well as 
safest bathing beaches on the entire Atlantic coast, 



The National Hotel, Block Island. 


is distant not more than three minutes’ walk, and Har¬ 
bor Chapel is on the next street below the hotel. The 
house has been arranged with a view to the comfort 
and pleasure of the guests. The drainage is absolutely 
perfect, being carried into the sea beyond the small 
breakwater. In the interior, gas and electric bells are 
found in every room, lavatories and toilet accommoda¬ 
tions on every floor. 

The proprietor of this hotel is also interested in one 
of the finest as well as largest farms on the island and 
all the milk, eggs, poultry, vegetables, etc., used in 
the house are of his own raising, and therefore, sure 
to be the purest, freshest and best possibly obtainable. 
The table will be kept up to the very lvghest standard 
of excellence, and the management point to their past 
record as indicative of what may be expected this 



Sword Fishing, off Block Island. 






























30 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 



A Section of the Harbor Front, Block Island. 


season. Considering the expenses incurred in main¬ 
taining this superior excellence the charges will be 
exceedingly moderate. Liberal reductions made for 
those who stay for a considerable period, or who come 
previous to July 15th or remain after September 1st. 
Write for special rates. 

THE WOONSOCKET HOUSE, A. J. Rose, Pro¬ 
prietor. The Woonsocket is under the personal 
supervision of the proprietor, who will spare no pains 
to make everything agreeable for his guests. It has 
accommodations for one hundred people, and has 
attained a wide reputation and popularity as a family 
hotel. 

Both the main house and its recently erected annex 
are provided with all modern improvements, large 
airy rooms, superb ventilation and perfect sanitary 
arrangements. 

There are broad verandas around the houses upon 
which shade and the sea breeze may be enjoyed at all 
hours of the day. 

The table will be supplied with fresh eggs, milk, 
butter, poultry and vegetables from the farm of the 
proprietor. A special feature will be the fresh fish 
and lobster direct from the ocean. 

The Woonsocket has bath houses free for the use of 


its guests, less than a thousand feet distant from the 
hotel, with plank walks leading to them. 

There are many pleasant drives to the various points 
of interest. Some of the principal ones are to the 
beaches, light-houses, bluff's, and wrecks. 

At the hotel stable guests may have their horses 
cared for, or can procure others for driving. 

Block Island is the resort above all others for the 
successful capture of sword fish, cod, blue fish, mack¬ 
erel and other denizens of the deep, to say nothing of 
the black bass, pickerel and perch to be taken in its 
inland waters. 

With daily mails and the submarine cable, business 
men are able to secure prompt communications with 
the main land. The churches are the Baptist and 
Episcopal. 

The resident physicians of the Island are Dr. 
Champlin and Dr. Husted, and among the Summer 
residents having cottages are Drs. Curtis and Brewer, 
of New York. 

Crescent Beach with its smooth gradual descent, 
extends for three miles in a graceful curve from the 
Woonsocket House to Clay Head Bluffs. In safety, 
convenience, and picturesque beauty, it is not surpassed 
in America. 

^Carriages at the arrival of all boats free of charge. 



To the Beach via the Electric Cars, Newport. 























Yachts Rendezvousing at Newport Harbor 


Chapter II. 


NEWPORT AND NARRAGANSETT BAY. 


Newport—Jamestown — Seaconnet Point — Tiverton Heights — The Islands — Wickford—East Greenwich — 
Bristol — Warren — Barrington—Rocky Point — Oakland Beach — The Buttonwoods — The Warwick 
Shore —East Providence — SquANTUM—S ilver Spring — Riverside — Bullocks Point and Crescent 
Park — Pawtuxet — Fields Point — Providence — Pawtucket — Woonsocket. 


No other American city is like Newport. It is 
unique, not alone on account of geographical situation 
and natural advantages of unrivaled excellence, but 
also as the chief centre of the social life of the wealthy 
and official elements in this country. This latter fact 
is so strikingly true that hardly a “ society novel ” now 
issues from the press that does not, during the course 
of the story, shift the scene to Newport. Otherplaces 
have a fame and standing and attractions of their own, 
but they do not rival Newport nor compete with her, 
for the devotees of all the other centres of summer 
fashion gravitate to “ the city by the sea ” as naturally 
as flowers turn to the sun. 

To her rare natural advantages Newport undoubt¬ 
edly owes the estimation in which she is held as a place 
of residence and a resort of fashion. Situated at the 
southern end of the beautiful island of Rhode Island, 
the city is at the mouth of Narragansett Bay and enjoys 
the benefit of the sea breezes, while being at the same 
time protected by the neighboring masses of land from 
their severity and strength. Cool and sheltered, the 
proud summer city overlooks the bay and the sea. As 
a result of the situation the climate is peculiarly equable 
and soft at all seasons of the year. It is said tWt while 
the icy current from Labrador and Newfoundland 
pours into Massachusett Bay, the south shore is laved 
by the warm water of the Gulf Stream which assists 
materially in giving to Newport its mild atmosphere 


and the comfortable waters, adapted for bathing during 
the summer months. 

Newport harbor has been famous since the discovery 
of the American continent. Nowhere on the Atlantic 
coast can a better one be found. This is one of New¬ 
port’s great attractions, for although eminently adapted 
for commerce, yet very little comes here and the beau¬ 
tiful haven is the rendezvous during the summer of 
the pleasure vessels of the American millionaires. It 
is frequently visited by the war vessels of our own 
country and of foreign powers, whose officers are 
attracted by the cultured and cosmopolitan society 
here assembled. Its ample size, nearness to the ocean 
and to the ocean highway through Vineyard and Long 
Island sounds, and its great accessibility, render it a 
favorite haven of refuge for vessels in distress, — 
coasters, fishermen and even the lowly coal barges, 
all finding shelter here. 

The territory of Newport comprises the southern 
portion of the Island of Rhode Island forming an' 
elbow-shaped peninsula of an average width of about 
two miles, the harbor being on the inside. The town¬ 
ships of Middletown and Portsmouth occupy the 
central and northern portions of the island, and contain 
some of the finest and most productive farms in the 
State. 

The city is really divided into two parts. All that 
section near the wharves and for some distance back 









IDA LEWIS, 

The Grace Darling of America. 


AND THE LIME ROCK LIGHT HOUSE 


































THE NEW ENGLAND l OAST. 


is the old and historic Newport, and is the seat of the 
business of the city. Here are still to be seen many 
old houses with gambrel roofs or projecting eaves, 
built previous to the Revolution, and most of them 
have interesting histories ot old colonial days, famous 
families, or revolutionary events. The appearance of 
antiquity is further heightened in this quarter by the 
narrowness of the side streets, lined in places with the 
ancient houses. Thames, the chief street of the city, 
runs the entire length of this older section, and on it 
is transacted most of the business of the permanent 
residents. It is a narrow thoroughfare, and between 
it and the harbor on the west are all the wharves, on 
many of which are work-a-day, unpainted, and tumble¬ 
down-looking buildings. On this account the first 
view of the queen of watering places is somewhat of 
a disappointment to strangers, but to those familiar 



them palaces, ric ; 
treasures of wealth J 
taste, and fitted up w h 
all imaginable luxury. 
They are embowered 
in trees, and are sur¬ 
rounded with pleasant 
lawns, some perched 
on the edge of cliffs 
overlooking the water, 
and nearly all within 
sight and hearing of the 
ever restless ocean. 

Newport was first 
settled in 1639, by a 
company of Puritans 
from the Massachusetts 


Captain Thomas Crosby, 



Ezl 


United States School-Ship “New Hampshire,” Newport Harbor. 



C. U. Coffin, 

AGENT NEWPORT & WICKFORD RAILROAD 
AND STEAMBOAT COMPANY. 


with the city it is 
rather an a d d e d 
charm, indicating 
the glories cf the 
past in a graphic 
and interesting man¬ 
ner. 

Lying to the east 
and south of the 
older portion, on the 
ridge of the penin¬ 
sula, on all the inter¬ 
secting avenues, and 
all along the bold 
picturesque coast, 
are palatia 1 man¬ 
sions known by the 
unpretentious name 
of “ cottages,” but 
in reality many of 


Bay Colony. By reason of its excellent harbor, 
in colonial days it became the most important com¬ 
mercial port on the Atlantic coast, even surpassing 
New York. It was then, as now, noted for its charm¬ 
ing climate and beautiful scenery, and was the centre 
of the best, the most learned and cultured society in 
America. During the Revolutionary War the com¬ 
merce was destroyed, and at its close New'port recov¬ 
ered but slowly from the devastating effects, and never 
regained its commercial position. 

Until about 1830 it was a quiet, sleepy town, dis¬ 
tinguished in no marked degree from other New Eng¬ 
land seaports. People of means and leisure began to 
discover the advantages of the place about this time, 
and soon all available accommodations were required 
by the summer visitors who flocked from every sec¬ 
tion of the country. Large hotels were erected, the 
place being for many years chiefly a hotel resort, but 
little by little, through the establishing of summer 
homes, and the building of elaborate cottages, tbe 














34 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 



Residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Esq., Ochre Point. 


transient and ephemeral features incident to hotel life 
were eliminated and the place rapidly developed into 
the centre of “society,” that it has been and is to-day. 

The Sights Of the City. —Besides its attractions of 
ocean scenery, climate, beaches, drives and the life 
and movement of society, Newport has many objects of 
interest to the sight-seer or the visitor, whether for a 
day or a longer period. One the best places to start 
for a view of these points of interest is Washington 
Square, on Thames street, near the wharves and in 
the centre of the older portion of the city. On Thames 
street, at the foot of the square is the City Hall, built 
in 1763; in the Common Council Chamber, in the 
second story, can still be seen the escutcheon and por¬ 
trait of William Coddington, the first governor of 
Rhode Island. At the head of the square is the State 
House, erected in 1741, where May sessions of the 
Rhode Island Legislature are held 
and the State officers installed in 
office, the result of the election 
being proclaimed from the bal¬ 
cony. At the foot of the small 
inclosed park at the lower part of 
the square is a statue of Commo¬ 
dore Oliver Hazard Perry, com¬ 
memorating his great victory on 
Lake Erie in the war of 1812, and 
on the pedestal is inscribed the cel¬ 
ebrated report made by him on 
that occasion: “We have met 
the enemy and they are ours.” On 
the south side of the square, just 
above the opera house and directly 
opposite the statue, is the substan¬ 
tial looking and well-preserved 
mansion where the great naval 
commander lived, both before and 
after his famous victory. 

A short distance up Broadway, 
which leads out of Washington 
Square northward, is the Soldiers’ 
and Sailors’ monument. It was 
dedicated by Posts of the Grand 
Army of Rhode Island, May 23, 


1890, Commander-in-Chief 
Russell A. Alger being pres¬ 
ent and participating in the 
ceremonies. The monument 
consists of two figures, a sol¬ 
dier and sailor, in action, 
mounted upon a pedestal of 
granite and a plinth of bronze; 
the sides are covered with bas 
reliefs of appropriate military 
and naval emblems and also 
the badge of the Grand Army 
of the Republic. It is located 
upon Congdon-Park, a small 
plot recently improved by the 
city, opposite Equality Park, 
and is so placed as to be a 
prominent object from every 
direction except the rear. 

A short distance eastward 
of the State House, on Spring 
Street, is the oldest house in 
Newport, built of stone in 
1639, by Henry Bull. It has 
been renovated and restored, 
and bears a somewhat modern 
air. 

One of the places worthy of a visit is the Jewish 
Synagogue on Touro Street. It is a small stone struct¬ 
ure erected in 1763, and used as a place of worship 
until the Revolution. Services are now regularly held 
therein every Friday and Saturday. Abraham Touro, 
a Jewish merchant, left the sum of $20,000 in charge 
of the town, the interest to be expended for the care 
of the ancient edifice and its surroundings. 

On the lot adjoining the synagogue is the Newport 
Historical Society’s building, originally the church of 
the Seventh-day Baptist Society, which was erected 
in 1729, and from whose pulpit the Rev. Mr. Calen¬ 
dar preached his famous centennial discourse in 1738. 
It stood on Bai-ney Street until 1887, wh en it was 
removed to its present location. For the study of the 
antiquities of Newport the rooms of the Society afford 
the best, and the only facilities in the city, and they 






































THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


35 


are open to the public every day, except Sundays and 
holidays, from io A. m. to 2 p. m.. and also on Tues¬ 
day evenings. 

The next object of interest is the Jewish Cemetery, 
corner Kay and Touro streets. The fence and gate¬ 
way were erected in 1843, by Judah Touro, and are 
maintained and kept in repair from the proceeds of a 
fund left by him for that purpose. 

A short distance further, on Bellevue Avenue, is the 
Redwood Library, which was incorporated in 1747. 
The original building, completed in 1750, is still stand¬ 
ing, although an important addition to the rear was 
built a few years ago. The library is a private institu¬ 
tion, but is opened to the public at certain hours each 
day (from 12 to 2 p. m). The paintings and statuary 
in the rooms are well worth a visit. 


mer stores, and a few hotels and restaurants. Here 
is the Casino, the chief of Newport summer institu¬ 
tions. The building has a frontage of 186 feet, and 
is in imitation of the old colonial style of architecture, 
the first floor being occupied by stores and the upper 
part by the stockholders. In the grounds, at the rear, 
are a theatre, a tennis court building, and an extensive 
bowling alley. The question will be asked, “What 
is the Casino?” and the answer, as near as can be 
given without entering into tedious details, is that it 
is an association of gentlemen who, in connection 
with an elegant private club, have introduced means 
for their own entertainment and that of the fashionable 
society around them. The Casino building was erected 
by James Gordon Bennett, but in 1880 it became the 
property of a joint stock company. 



The Cliff Walk at Newport. 


A few steps further is Touro Park, a large open 
space in the centre of which is the Old Stone Mill, 
one of Newport’s chief attractions. Between the 
avenue and the Old Mill stands the handsome bronze 
statue of Commodore M. C. Perry, the younger 
brother of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. The 
younger Perry was instrumental in effecting the treaty 
with Japan, 1854, ancl tIlis monument was erectecl by 
his daughter, Mrs. August Belmont of New York. 
On Pelham Street, almost opposite the Old Stone 
Mill, is the Channing Memorial Church, erected in 
1880 in honor of William Ellery Channing, the great 
apostle of Unitarianism, who was a native of New¬ 
port. 

From Touro Park, for a distance of about an eighth 
of a mile, the avenue on both sides is lined with sum- 


Bellevue Avenue is a continuation of Touro Street, 
and was originally known as South Touro Street. It 
was opened after Newport began to develop as a sum¬ 
mer resoit, and runs from Kay Street to Bailey’s 
Beach for two and a quarter miles in an almost straight 
line, along the summit of the ridge of the peninsula. 
For the whole distance it is lined on both sides with 
the most elegant residences in the city. It is the 
principal promenade and drive of the fashionable 
society in the season, and on it at the regulation hour, 
may be seen such a display of style and fashion, of 
wealth, elegance, and beauty as no watering-place in 
all the country can outrival. The most brilliant 
equipages, in styles the most unique, from a jaunty 
dog-cart, or pony phaeton, to a spanking four-in-hand, 
with here and there a dashing cavalier, all whirling 




* THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


36 



Ocean House, Newport. 


Among the residences of 
especial interest to sight¬ 
seers are those of James 
Gordon Bennett, opposite 
the Casino, Ex-Governor 
George Peabody Wet- 
more, Vice - President 
Morton, William Waldorf 
Astor, the richest man in 
the United States, Fred 
W. Vanderbilt, and many 
others. 

If you wish to “do the 
town ” in grand style and 
with the most comfort, 
you will hire a carriage 
and driver. If, on the 
other hand, either neces¬ 
sity compels economy, or 
taste inclines you to be 
democratic, you may take 
a drag or barge, as the 
commodious stage coaches 
plying to all points of in¬ 
terest. are called. They 
are of various sizes, and 
will accommodate from 




along this famous “drive,” bearing their precious 
freight,—men of wealth, of rank, of learning ; women 
of beauty, culture, and refinement; and merry children, 
with bright, laughing faces. All are in happiest 
mood, exchanging salutations as they pass, noting a 
strange or beautiful face ; commenting on the last new 
turnout; observing the landscape; indulging in pleas¬ 
ant banter, or in more serious converse. The scene 
is not a dull one nor uninteresting. It gives us a 
glimpse, a passing outside glance, at society life in 
Newport, which we would not have missed, and 
which we can take away with us and study at our 
leisure. 

It would be impossible here to tell in detail of the 
residences of distinguished people on the avenue and 
streets adjoining, but the curious reader will find that 
information in the list of residents published annually. 


fifteen to thirty per¬ 
sons. They start from 
the steamboat landing, 

Washington Square, 
and from Touro Park, 
but by waiting a little 
on the avenue one will 
be certain to pass. 

For a short journey, 
to visit the beaches or 
for a view of the ave¬ 
nue, these conveyances 
have many recommen¬ 
dations, as they afford 
facilities for reaching 
every locality of inter¬ 
est and leave you free 

J. G. Weaver, 

SENIOR PROPRIETOR OF OCEAN HOUSE. 


to embark or disembark at will. 
For the drives into the country more 
expensive turnouts are necessary. 
An electric street railway was put 
in operation August 7, 1889, and 
one line runs from the steamboat 
wharf across the city and down the 
Bath Road to the beach. Another 
line runs down Broadway. 

The Drives. —The grand drive in 
Newport is around Ocean Avenue, 
sometimes called the ten mile drive, 
from the fact that the circuit from 
Washington Square and return is 
between ten and eleven miles. 
Starting from Washington Square 
the first portion of this drive is up 
Touro Street and along Bellevue 
Avenue. From Bailey’s Beach the 
road follows the indentations of the 
shore, affording magnificent views 
of the rocky coast. In arranging 
the drive it is an easy matter to 
get a driver who can point out the 












Familiar Scenes in Newport 


I. THE OLD MILL. 2. ALONG THE CLIFFS. 3. WASHINGTON SQUARE. [ 4. THE POST-OFFICE AND CUSTOM HOUSE. 5. SCENE ON BELLEVUE AVENUE 6. THE BEACH. « 




























































































































































































































38 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 



E. V. Westcott, 


PROPRIETOR OF THE AQUIDNECK HOTEL, NEWPORT. 

different residences and the places of interest, but the 
chief attraction is the scenery. 

On the return half of the circuit drive very fine 
views of the city and harbor are obtained. Formerly 
an expensive carriage had to be hired to take this 
drive, but for the past few seasons the large drags 
have driven around the whole distance, so that the 
visitor can see the villas and enjoy the wild scenery at 
the south of the island at one trip and at very small 
expense. Other drives to the northward, along either 
shore of the island, through beautiful scenery, and 
past historic places, will amply repay the cost of time 
and money which you can justifiably spend upon 
them. 

The Beaches. — Two miles across the city from the 
steamboat landing is Easton’s Beach, one of the chief 
attractions of Newport. The beach is at the head of 
an inlet open to the ocean from the south, on which 
account there is always a good surf. It is smooth, 
wide, and level, formed of fine, hard sand, and is 
nearly a mile in extent in a straight line. Formerly 
the bathing houses and the buildings for the acccomo- 
dation of visitors were very dilapidated in appearance, 
but in 1887 extensive new structures were erected, the 
sea wall bounding the roadway was extended and re¬ 
paired, the roadway rebuilt, the locality generally 
improved in appearance and made to correspond with 
modern Newport. 

On the west side of Easton’s beach the shore is 
faced with cliffs of broken, jagged rocks, twenty or 
more feet in height, which extend all the way around 
to Bailey’s Beach, and the residences on Ochre Point 
and on the east side of the lower part of Bellevue 
avenue are nearly all so situated as to overlook the 
cliffs. For all this distance, about three miles, a 
graded path leads along the edge, affording magnificent 
views of the ocean on the one hand, and on the other 
the finest views of the gardens and homes of the sum¬ 
mer residents to be had in Newport. Various spots 
in the rocks have been given names, and are connected 
with story and legend. Many of the residents along 
the cliff's have private stairways, locked and barred, 
leading down the face of the rock to the water, and 


the jutting headlands are dotted with little summer 
houses. 

Beyond Easton’s beach and separated from it by 
the peninsula of Easton’s point, is Sachuest beach, 
which is much larger than Easton’s, but not so safe, 
which fact, together with its distance, two miles 
beyond Easton’s, causes it to be almost wholly neg¬ 
lected. On the east side of the peninsula and fronting 
on Sachuest beach is a deep yawning crevice in the 
face of the cliff', 160 feet long, eight to fourteen feet 
wide, and fifty feet in depth. The sea flows into it at 
the bottom of the cliff's. It is known as Purgatory, 
and there are various interesting legends connected 
with it. 

Bailey’s beach is situated at the end of the L-like 
terminus of Bellevue Avenue, and is the shore of a 
little sheltered cove hemmed in by rugged rocks on 
either side. This beach is not patronized to great 
extent except by the neighboring residents. From 
here the graded Clift' Walk starts, the other terminus 
being at Easton’s beach on the Bath road. 

Excursions in and About the Harbor. —Not the least 
of the attractions of Newport are the short excursions 
that can be made to points in and about the harbor. 
You can go to Fort Adams, to the United States 
Training Ship, to Jamestown, and if you have audac¬ 
ity and influence, to the Torpedo Station. Fort 
Adams, one of the strongest fortifications in the 
country, guards the entrance to the harbor between 
Newport and Conanicut Island. You can drive there, 
a distance of between three and four miles, or if you 
have friends or acquaintances in the fort you will be 
allowed to go over in the government tug boat, the 
distance across the harbor being less than a mile. 

The finest harbor excursion is over to Jamestown 
on Conanicut Island by the steam ferry boat, a dis¬ 
tance of about two miles, passing on the way Goat 
Island, the Torpedo Station, Rose Island, and obtain¬ 
ing fine views of the beautiful harbor and island. 

There are three routes to reach Newport from 
Providence and two from New York. From Provi¬ 
dence you can go by the Old Colony railroad, via 
Warren and Fall River, the railroad skirting the 
shores of the bay for a large portion of the whole dis¬ 
tance and affording many pleasant and some grand 
views ; the most popular way, is by the bay steamers 
from whose decks the shores and islands of the beau¬ 
tiful Narragansett please the senses with their ever 
varying panorama ; the third route is by the New 
York, Providence & Boston railroad, via Wickford, 
connecting at Wickford Landing with a steamer 
which, after an hour’s sail across the bay, lands the 
traveler in Newport. The chief route from New 
York is by the Old Colony Steamboat line, but the 
Shore Line to Wickford, is also patronized by many 
on account of being nearly an all rail route. From 
Boston the main line of the Old Colony, running 
through Fall River, terminates at Newport. 

THE AQUIDNECK HOTEL.—One of the most 
celebrated ot Newport hotels is the Aquidneck on 
Pelham Street. For many years it has been a favorite 
summer home for a large number of families, and 
under the management of Mr. E. V. Westcott its 
popularity is sure to be maintained. It is the head¬ 
quarters for army and navy officers and is the stopping 
place for a large number of statesmen, and having all 
the comforts of a first-class house, it is an attractive 
place of sojourn for either a long or short stay in New¬ 
port. 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


39 


DANIEL WATSON, Real Estate and Yacht Agent, 
with offices at 235 Thames Street, Newport, R. I., 
and at Ferry Wharf, Jamestown, is especially in¬ 
terested in Conanicut Island and has assisted very 



materially in the upbuilding of Jamestown. He makes 
a specialty of marine building sites. Many of the 
most eligible locations in Jamestown were of his se¬ 
lection, and he disposed of them to the present owners. 
Mr. Watson has the exclusive sale of the finest section 
of sea shore property on the American coast, a plat of 
which will be sent to any address on application by 
mail. He will also be glad to visit the locality with 
any one who may wish to inspect the property. 

JAMESTOWN.—On the island of Conanicut, oppo¬ 
site Newport to the westward, and about two and a 
half miles distant across the main entrance to Narra- 
gansett Bay, is the new summer resort of Jamestown. 
Already the place contains six hotels, more than one 
hundred houses, chiefly summer residences after the 
Newport style. There was originally a small village 
here of native residents, fishermen and farmers, but 
their modest homes have been overshadowed and 
absorbed by the new-comers. The new residences and 
hotels are sprinkled over a gently sloping hillside that 
overlooks Newport, its harbor and the entrance to 
the bay. 

The Newport and Jamestown Steam Ferry and 
Navigation Company runs a steam ferryboat from the 
west side of Conanicut Island to South Ferry on the 
shores of the town of South Kingstown, connecting 



View on Thames Street, Newport. 


across Conanicut Island with the Jamestown Ferry, 
the distance overland being only about a mile. This 
is the route of the old South Ferry, the chief highway 
between the South County and Newport before the era 
of railroads and steam navigation, and the new facili¬ 
ties afford opportunity to drive from Newport to Nar- 
ragansett Pier, the route including five miles of travel 
by water and six by land, and it would be difficult to 
find a more enjoyable journey. Drags connect be¬ 
tween the two ferries. 

BAY VOYAGE HOTEL.—One of the most notice¬ 
able of the hotels is the “Bay Voyage,” which, while 
not entirely new, is at least new to Jamestown, and 
its history is unique and well illustrates American 
enterprise. It is situated 200 feet from the shore, and 
is only six minutes walk from the landing. Originally 
the building was a country, house and stood in an 
elevated and pleasant situation at Middletown Heights, 
directly across the bay from Conanicut, but as the 
neighborhood while possessing much natural beauty, 
did not attract many residents, Mr. J. A. Brown, 
the proprietor, decided to move his house across to 



Bay Voyage Hotel, Jamestown. 


Jamestown and convert it into a hotel. People 
laughed at the idea when it was first broached, but 
Mr. Brown went energetically to work and despite 
many difficulties succeeded in transporting and float¬ 
ing the building in two sections to its present loca¬ 
tion. As it was at first built for a private residence 
the house is more commodious and better finished than 
the ordinary summer hotel. It has fifty large rooms, 
and is provided with the latest modern conveniences. 
Near the house is a good bathing beach, on the shores 
of which are private bathing houses belonging to the 
hotel. In the grounds is a well laid out tennis court. 
The facilities in the neighborhood for boating and 
fishing, and also for driving are all that could be 
desired. 

THE ISLANDS of Narragansett Bay deserve a pass¬ 
ing mention. The largest is Rhode Island, which lies 
along the eastern side of the main portion of the Bay, 
is the largest and most beautiful and contains the 
towns of Portsmouth and Middletown and the city of 
Newport. The next in size is Conanicut which forms 
the town of Jamestown ; and then in the order named 
as to size are Prudence, Patience and Hope in the cen¬ 
tral part of the bay, Dutch Island between Conanicut 
and the mainland, while there are very many smaller 
Islands and Islets. 

Conanicut Park a locality at the northern end of 
Conanicut island has a number of summer residences 
and a hotel. 










































4° 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


SEACONNET POINT. 


The extremity of the territory of the State of Rhode 
Island at the eastern entrance into Narragansett Bay is 
Seaconnet Point, a peninsula or neck, much indented 
with coves, and protected by rocky headlands, the 
whole extending into the sea for about two miles from 
the main portion of the coast in the neighborhood, 
while it is a mile or so wide in the broadest part, but 
at the end tapers down to a “point” in reality. The 
coast line, on account of the many inlets and head¬ 
lands, is very long in proportion to the area of the 
Point. Rocky ledges, shelving in some places and 
precipitous in others, form the outer or seaward shores, 
although at the head of several of the larger coves in 
the least exposed portions are good beaches two at 
least of which are quite large and are available at all 
times for bathing. The action of the surges on the 
rocky bai's, “where the wild, white breakers plunge 
and fall,” is magnificent and can be hei'e observed to 
great advantage. Near the extremity of the point are 
two shore ponds, well stocked with fish and excel¬ 
lently adapted for rowing on account of their smooth 
watei's. Seaconnet has the full benefit of the ocean 
breezes from all directions, as it projects so far into 
the sea that there is no obstruction to the winds by 
any neighboring masses of land ; and the full sweep 
of the cooling and refreshing southwest breeze, which 
no oiher point on the coast except Block Island has in 
the same measure is constantly obtained. 

Oft' the extreme end of the Point are several rocky 
islands. West Island, the outei'most and lai'gest of the 
group, is almost entirely occupied by the buildings of 
the fishing club of the same name, composed of some 
of the wealthiest and most noted men in the country, 
among whom ai*e Cornelius Vanderbilt, Ex-Governor 
George Peabody Wetmore of Rhode Island, and others 
equally well known. A few hundred yards westward 
of West Island and the Point, at the entrance into the 
Seaconnet River, is the new iron circular .Seaconnet 
Point Light-house, built on Little Connorant Rock. 

Splendid views of ocean and coastwise scenery are 
obtained from nearly any position on the peninsula. 
When the weather is clear, towards the east can be 
seen Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard and Cuttyhunk, 
while to the southeast Block Island is at times visible, 
and Point Judith and Nan*agansett can often be dis- 
cei'ned. The Seaconnet River, here, at its mouth, is 
about five miles wide, the nearest place on Rhode 
Island being Sachuest Point. The cliffs at Newport 
are always in view in fair weather. 

All the land on the extremity of Seaconnet Point 
peninsula is the property of Col. Henry T. Sisson, 
who inherited it from his father, David Sisson. The 
original estate consisted of about four hundied acres, 
a.id is unquestionably the most valuable property at 
Seaconnet, having all the great natui-al advantages 
already mentioned. It has a water front of two and a 
half miles, and has many available sites on knolls and 
slopes for summer l'esidences. Colonel Sisson has in 
the past few years sold a considerable number of loca¬ 
tions to well-known fashionable and wealthy people 
who have erected beautiful l esidences. The estate is all 
laid out and platted, and is everywhere easily accessi¬ 
ble by good roads. 

Colonel Sisson has been pi-ominentlv identified with 
Rhode Island life during and since the war of the 
rebellion. He was botn August 20, 1831, and was 
educated at the Gorham Academy, Maine, and at the 
University Grammar School, Providence. Previous 
to the Rebellion he held various commands in the 


State Militia. At the breaking out of the war in 1861 
he took the position of paymaster on Genei'al Burn¬ 
side’s staff' with the rank of Lieutenant; December 
28, 1861, he became Captain of the 1st R. I. Artil- 
lery; Februaiy 5, 1882, Major 3d R. I. Ai'tillery ; 
November 5, 1882, Colonel 5^ R- L Artillery. 
Afterward he served as Commandant of the 5th R. I. 
in North Carolina. Colonel Sisson was the only 
Rhode Island officer beside Genei'al Burnside who re¬ 
ceived a vote of thanks from the General Assembly. 
After the war Colonel Sisson entered the seivice of 
the A. & W. Spi'ague Manufacturing Company, and 
was genei-al superintendent of the mills in Coventry 
and Warwick. From 1875 to 1877 he was Lieuten¬ 
ant-Governor of Rhode Island. In 1881 he ran for 
Congress in the second district but failed of an elec¬ 
tion. The wife of Colonel Sisson is Josephine E. 
Brownell, a lineal descendent of Benjamin Church, 
the earliest settler in this l'egion and the victorious 
leader of the colonists in King Phillip’s war. 

Pi'obably the finest residence at the Point is that 
belonging to Colonel Sisson himself, which with its 
suri'oundings is shown in the engraving. This house 
was originally built by Colonel Sisson’s father, but 
recently has been entirely renovated and the whole 
interior l'ebuilt, and elaboiately decorated. It is sub¬ 
stantially built of the native rock, is three stories in 
height, surrounded by piazzas on the seawai'd sides, 
and surmounted by a commodious cupola from which 
the whole coast and adjacent scenery can be viewed to 
1‘are advantage. The interiors are chiefly finished in 
polished woods, while the ceilings of many of the 
rooms and the walls of the lobbies and halls are deco¬ 
llated with gold and bi'onze in beautiful designs of 
artistic rough finishes. The grounds around the house 
are laid out with graveled walks and wide lawns, and 
on a knoll a beautiful summer house has been erected, 
the foundation of which is formed of curious quartz 
rocks and boulders that have been gathered from all 
the region round about for a distance of ten or twelve 
miles. At the foot of the grounds is a circular fresh 
water shore pond in which fish abound. The house 
is conspicuous from the steamboat landing, from which 
it is distant about half a mile, and it is only a short 
distance away from the sea on all sides. 

The l'esidence of Dr. Clarence T. Gardner, of 
Pi'ovidence is situated a shoi't distance southeast of 
Col. Sisson’s, on a rocky ridge overlooking the ocean, 
in a very conspicuous position. A number of other 
well-known gentlemen have l'esidences here : —Rath- 
bone Gai'dner, William H. Low, Jr., William H. 
Bailey, H. B. Franklin, George R. Viall, C. C. Gray, 
H. A. Church, of Providence ; Dr. Geoi'ge S. Eddy 
of Fall River and othei'S. A number of fine houses 
will be built in the near future, the finest of which 
will pi'obably be that of H. D. Lloyd of the Chicago 
Tribune. It will be built on “ Big Rock ” so-called, 
the highest land on the Point, and near its extremity. 

The coast is so exposed at the Point that it was 
necessary to erect a breakwater to form a landing place 
on the inner side at the entrance into Seaconnet River 
It only extends a short distance from the shoi*e and 
affords some protection to vessels. Effoi'ts have been 
made to get an appi'opriation to continue the work, 
and it is probable that in the near future it will be 
built far enough out to form a good harbor. A small 
cove beyond the landing forms a good hai'bor for the 
small vessels of the fishermen, or for yachts and sail¬ 
boats. 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


4 1 



PROPOSED ELECTRIC RAILWAY. — Seaconnet 
Point came into notice as a watering place through the 
instrumentality of Colonel Sisson, who in 1885 started 
the steamer Dolphin to run to Providence and inter¬ 
mediate landings on the Seaconnet River. At the 
present time he is exerting himself to establish an 
electric railroad thirteen miles long to run from Sea¬ 
connet to Tiverton, to connect there with the Old 
Colony railroad. His proposal is to use the existing 
highways for the road, and operate it by the trolley 
system. The town of Little Compton by a vote of 
107 in favor to 6 against on May 9, at a well-attended 
town meeting granted him a franchise over its high¬ 
ways to the Tiverton line. Some opposition however 
was developed in Tiverton, and it looked as though 
the project would be defeated through the ultra conser¬ 
vation of the natives and the desire for exclusiveness 
on the part of 
some of the 
wealthy summer 
residents. But 
Col. Sisson with 
his accustomed 
energy engaged 
in “ missionary 
work,” and the 
result of his 
efforts were made 
manifested when 
the special Tiver¬ 
ton town meet¬ 
ing was held 
June 27, the 
franchise being 
granted by a vote 
of 90 to 48. The 
road will un¬ 
doubtedly do 
very much to 
develop both 
Tiverton and 
Little Compton, 
and increase their 
property values. 

The cost of build¬ 
ing the road is 
estimated at 
$100,000. There 
will be no dif¬ 
ficulty in raising 
sufficient capital 
as the Westing- 
house Electric 
Company, which 
stands ready to construct and equip the road, has agreed 
to take stock to the amount of $50,000, one third of the 
required capital, and the remainder will readily be se¬ 
cured in Tiverton and Little Compton, and from friends 
of Colonel Sisson in Providence, Fall River, Boston 
and elsewhere. It is intended to carry both passen¬ 
gers and freight, and as the road is to be standard 
gauge ordinary freight cars can be run over the lines 
from the Old Colony connections. The passenger car 
will be of the vestibule pattern and will be so con¬ 
structed that during the summer they can be used as 
open cars. The power station will be located about a 
mile south of Tiverton Four Corners. Colonel Sisson 
thinks the road can be built and put in operation inside 
of three months, and that its benefits will be so appar¬ 
ent that in the immediate future it will be extended 
along the coast villages from Little Compton Commons 


through Adamsville, Westport, Hicksville and Dart¬ 
mouth as far as New Bedford, making Westport Har¬ 
bor and Horse Neck Beach accessible. 

THE SAKONNET.—In approaching Seaconnet 
Point from up the river the most conspicuous object is 
the hotel “The Sakonnet.” It is seated directly on a 
bank at the edge of the shore, a short distance from 
the steamboat landing, and directly overlooks the 
mouth of the nver, so that from its windows and 
piazzas all the scenery and points of interest already 
mentioned are fully in view. The house is 30 x 100 
feet in dimensions, three stories in height with a tower 
sixty feet high rising from tne centre front, and has 
piazzas ten feet wide on all sides on the first story. 
There are accommodations for seventy-five guests, and 
the rooms are all light and airy. It is well provided 

with co nve n- 
iences, having 
electric bells con¬ 
nected from each 
room, bath- 
100ms on each 
floor with hot 
and cold water, 
while the drain¬ 
age and plumb¬ 
ing are excellent. 
This hotel was 
built and opened 
in 1888, but in 
1890 it was en¬ 
larged to double 
its original size. 
The dining room 
is on the ocean 
side and has 
large windows, 
thereby affording 
an especially 
pleasant view. 
Connected with 
the house is a 
good stable 
where visitors 
can get their 
horses • cared for 
or can hire 
others for drives 
to Long Beach 
four miles away ; 
Little Compton 
Common, five 
miles; Adams¬ 
ville, seven miles ; Westport Harbor, five miles, and 
other places of interest. As a part of the outfit of the 
hotel boats are kept in the little harbor at the landing 
for the use of guests in rowing, sailing or fishing. A 
mile away is the principal bathing beach, which 
although not large is perfectly safe, a carriage is run 
from the hotel over to the beach daily, and here there 
are a number of fine bathing houses new this season. 
The tables of the Sakonnet will be supplied daily with 
fresh milk, eggs, butter, vegetables and poultry from 
the neighboring farms, and all the luxuries in their 
season. A special feature will be the fresh fish and 
lobsters, direct from the ocean. The house is under 
the direct personal supervision of the proprietor, Mr. 
J. L. Slocum, who will spare no pains to make every¬ 
thing attractive for his guests. 


Residence of Col. Henry T. Sisson, Seaconnet Point. 














4 2 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


THE SEACONNET RIVER.—The portion ofXar- 
ragansett Bay lying between Rhode Island and the 
mainland on the east is known as the Seaconnet 
River. It is from ten to twelve miles in length by 
two in average breadth, and its shores on either side 
are gentle slopes divided by stone walls into cultivated 
fields and grass lands. The scenery is very pleasing, 
and on account of the succession of inlets and points 
has many picturesque features. On the Rhode Island 
side the majority of the buildings seen are either the 
residences or farm-houses of wealthy and famous 
people. Edwin Booth has a house here, and Cornelius 
Vanderbilt’s stock farm is on this shore The other 
side of the river is formed by the farming towns of 
Tiverton and Little Compton, and although there are 
a number of summer residences the dwellings are 
mainly those of native farmers and fishermen. The 
northern end of Seaconnet River, which is also the 
narrowest portion, and forms the connecting link with 
Mount Hope Bay, is spanned by two bridges about a 
mile apart uniting the northern portion of Rhode 
Island to the mainland. The one at the south is known 
as the Stone Bridge, and over it passes the highway 
to Newport; the other one is the Old Colony Railroad 
Bridge. These bridges are roadways built strongly of 
stone, each with a narrow draw in the centre to allow 
of the passage of vessels. A movement is now on 
foot to have these draws widened, since in their 
present condition only comparatively small vessels can 
pass through, while if they were made a suitable size 
the channel here would afford a new and better way 
to Fall River from the east, and would be a very great 
general benefit to navigation. 

The mouth of the Seaconnet is the greatest fishing 
place in Rhode Island. Here during each spring, 
from the middle of April to the ioth of June, the 

catch of fish is enormous. 
The method employed is 
what is known as trap fish 
ing, — nets being placed 
in such positions and se¬ 
cured by buoys and sinkers 
so as to entrap the fish as 
they enter the river. Dur¬ 
ing the season of 1891, 
Daniel T. Church of Tiv¬ 
erton employed five steam¬ 
ers and about one hundred 
men in manning the boats 
and seines, curing, pack¬ 
ing and shipping the fish. 
A number of other fisher¬ 
men were also engaged 
here : Brown & Bright- 
man employing one 
F. A. Wilcox, Sidney 
Gray, and others of Little Compton, all using sail¬ 
boats in their work. During the busy season the fish 
principally caught are scup and sea bass, the bulk of 
which are shipped to New York and Philadelphia. 
All the usual varieties of fish are caught here by this 
method, each at its proper season. The steamer 
Queen City supplies the Providence market from this 
prolific source. 

A TRIP TO SEACONNET.—The only means of 
reaching the Point was by the mail stage from Fall 
River or by private carriage, until in 1885 the steamer 
Dolphin made trips between Seaconnetand Providence. 
The following year Captain J. A. Pettey put the 
steamer “ Queen City ” on the route and has continued 


to run her ever since, winter and summer. A sail 
from Providence to Seaconnet on the “ Queen City ” 
is one of the most enjoyable that can be taken in 
Narragansett Bay. Until opposite Rocky Point the 
route is through the familiar scenes in the upper part 
of the bay. The steamer then passes through Bristol 
Harbor and enters Mount Hope Bay through the 
passage between Ferry Point and Bristol Ferry where 
from the settlement of the country until quite recent 
times a ferry was maintained, and was an important 
link in the road to Newport before the building of the 
railroads or the construction of the Stone Bridge at 
Tiverton. To the northward Mount Hope is the cen¬ 
tral feature of the landscape while the tower and roofs 
of the new Soldiers’ Home are visible above the trees 
to the eastward of the hill. To the northeast Fall 
River is conspicuous three miles away, and the shore 
of the mainland extends from there in a bold, steep 
hillside to opposite our position and beyond for some 
miles. Then sailing around Common Fence Point 
the northern extremity of Rhode Island, the steamer 
enters the first reach of the Seaconnet River which 
forms a harbor-like basin about a mile in width and 
the same in length, with the low shores of Rhode 
Island on one side and the high land of the mainland 
on the other. Passing through the draw of the rail¬ 
road bridge through which the tide runs like a mill 
race the steamer enters the enclosed space between the 
bridges and stops at the wharf on the Tiverton shore. 
Through the draw of the Stone Bridge, the steamer 
then enters the main portion of the Seaconnet River. 
The picturesque circular island on the right is known 
as Goulds. The river is so narrow, comparatively 
that every feature of the landscape is very distinct and 
affords scenes of ever-changing and varied beauty. 
Four or five miles from the bridges the steamer stops 
at the landing of the village of Tiverton Four Corners 
and then rounding Fogland Point passes into the lower 
portion of the river where the swell from the ocean 
begins to be quite perceptible and after a run of about 
fourteen miles from the bridges reaches the wharf at 
the Point. 

Captain J. A. Pettey who runs the “Queen City ” 
and is the principal owner is a competent navigator, 
and has had a large experience in Rhode Island waters! 
He is a native of Wesport, Mass. The “ Queen City ” 
was built in 1881 at Brewer, Maine, and is well adapted 
in size and build for passing through the bridges. 

TIVERTON HEIGHTS—The steep hilly shore be¬ 
tween the Stone Bridge and the Old Colony Railroad 
Bridge is known as Tiverton Heights. It rises to a 
height of nearly two hundred feet, overlooking a wide 
expanse of the bay and islands. The slopes are dot¬ 
ted with residences nestling among the trees, constitu¬ 
ting, as seen from the steamer, one of the most beau¬ 
tiful places on the bay. This locality is the most 
populous part of the town of Tiverton, which borders 
the Seaconnet for five or six miles further. 

THE CHURCHES’ FISHING INDUSTRY—The 

group of buildings on the Rhode Island side of the Sea¬ 
connet River just north of the railroad bridge form 
the extensive fish oil works belonging to the Churches, 
a family that has been conspicuous in Rhode Island 
history since the time of Roger Williams. This 
business was started by Joseph Church, and has been 
carried on very successfully by his sons under the 
name of Joseph Church & Co. Originally there were 
seven brothers, and the first steamer built for catching 
menhaden was named the “ Seven Brothers,” and it 
is still in commission. Latterly only four of the bro- 



Capt. J. A. Pettey, 

OF STEAMER “QUEEN CITY.” 

steamer; Frank Lewis, 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


43 



Front View of Daniel T. Church’s Fertilizer Factory, Tiverton, R. I. 


thers have been engaged 
in the business, Nathaniel 
B., Daniel T., George L. 
and Isaac, and the firm 
was commonly spoken of 
as the “ Church Brothers.” 

During the past winter, 
however, the other bro¬ 
thers sold out their inter¬ 
ests to Daniel T., who is 
now sole owner and mana¬ 
ger of the business. Isaac 
is at present on a tour 
around the world. The 
other two brothers are in 
the employ of Daniel and 
each runs one of the steam¬ 
ers, Nathaniel command¬ 
ing the George W. Hum¬ 
phrey, and George L. the 
Joseph Church. They are 
all, however, possessed of 
ample fortunes and the 
reason the three brothers 
have sold out is because 
they desired to be relieved 
of the responsibility of actively conducting the busi¬ 
ness, while at the same time they are willing to engage 
practically in fishing. 

Several of the Church brothers have at various 
times represented Tiverton in the Rhode Island 
General Assembly. Nathaniel was a representative 
from 1883 to 1885 and senator from 1885 to 1888, 
and George L. was senator in 1889-90. 

In Tiverton and Little Compton no one is better 
known, has more influence, or, in fact, is better liked 
than Capt. Nathaniel B. Church. “Capt. Nat,” as 
he is known all along the coast from Florida to East- 
port, Me., or Senator Church, as he is better known 
in the state of Rhode Island among people who know 
a fish only as they buy it in a market or read its name 
from the menu of a hotel, is one of the gentlemen 
who realize the beauty of nature and has selected his 
house in a place where he has every natural advan¬ 
tage to whicn he has added many artificial ones. As 
a result he has one of the handsomest and most 
attractive residences in Rhode Island and passes his 
spare time there as pleasantly and as comfortably as 
any person in the state. 

Capt. Nat began life as a fisherman, pursued the 
fisherman’s life through his youth and is in middle life 
the leading fisherman in these waters. From boyhood 
he has been on the water, first using the hook and line 
to lure the wily denizens of the deep, then branching 
out and working on the seines and traps and finally 
becoming the leader, not only with the traps in the 
spring but with the seine during the summer and early 
fall. He has a wife and one child. His beautiful 
home, shown in the illustration, is just below Tiverton. 

In this industry one year is much like another, ex¬ 
cept in the amount of fish caught, though that is 
where the judgment of the heads of the firm comes 
in, they knowing, so far as human knowledge goes, 
where and when the fish are coming. This is the whole 
problem of the fish business, and like the work of 
‘‘ Old Prob,” is very uncertain. Fish come and go as 
they please, and to catch them as they run is much 
like looking in a fixed spot for a new star or comet, it 
may come and it may not. 

A resume of the work of one of the steamers would 
give a good idea of the operations of the entire fleet. 


Probably the best one to select for this purpose would 
be the George W. Humphrey, the largest. She is the 
pride of the fleet and the fastest fishing steamer in 
New England waters, and Capt Nat is her commander. 
She is the best steamer of her kind on the coast and has 
been ready to race many of the steam yachts of the New 
York and other clubs. The Humphrey is 154 feet 
long and can carry 2,000 barrels of fish or 500,000 
pounds, and not show it. Her speed has never been 
tested to the utmost, but she can log sixteen knots all 
day and be ready to return at night. She was, in fact, 
built for the business, as it is often necessary when ofl* 
Delaware Breakwater, or up along the coasts of Mas¬ 
sachusetts or Maine, to load and get back in a hurry. 
She is the pride of her captain, and he knows her as a 
good driver knows his horse, while at the same time 
his captain’s commission allows him to run a steamer 
all along the coast from Tallahassee to the north-east¬ 
ern extremity of the United States. 

Along the last of April or the first of May, Capt. 
Nat takes his steamer to Seaconnet Point, where the 
firm engages in catching food fish, and for two months 
he and his men have all they can do to handle the 
large number of edible fish that they take in tiaps and 
ship them to New York and Philadelphia. They take 
scup, sea bass, black bass, cod, flounders, butterfish 
and some other food fish, and at the same time catch tons 
of useless fish like sculpins, dog fish and the like that 
are not salable but can be used to turn into oil. The 
traps they use are the famous Rose traps, so-called, 
invented by Capt. Rose, and consisting of a huge box or 
seine, to the door of which are two long leaders that 
run out from 1,500 to 1,800 feet. The fish strike these 
leaders and follow them up to the door or gate, enter 
the box and then are safe, because they never turn 
back from deep water and so are caught. 

These fish are taken in immense numbers and it is. 
not infrequent for the boats for New York that land 
at Newport to take 2,000 barrels, or 250 tons a night 
to the metropolis, where they are sold at Fulton Mar¬ 
ket or to the wholesale dealers about the city. Of 
late, however, through the advice of Capt. Nat, the 
fish have been despatched direct to New York from 
Seaconnet Point. One of the steamers is used as an 
ice boat, the ice being obtained from the home estates 













44 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST*. 



Residence of Capt. Nathaniel B. Church, Tiverton, R. I. 


in Tiverton. When the fish are taken from the traps 
the steamer that is to load for the markets runs up 
alongside the ice steamer, and then a layer of fish and 
an alternate layer of crushed ice are put into her hold 
until she is ready to sail for New York. Thus the 
fish are kept in perfect condition and are put in mar¬ 
ket about as fresh as when they were caught. This 
portion of the business yields a good revenue, if the 
fishermen know when the fish are running, and as the 
Churches seem to know this point they do well. 

Having made a profit on food fish just so long as 
they will run, attention is then given to the men¬ 
haden which are pursued until very late in the Fall. 
These fish are of no use for food, but are turned into 
oil, and the refuse, after the oil has been taken out. 
into guano, or fish and potash, one of the strongest 
and best fertilizers that is put on the market. Here 
Capt. Nat comes in again and his fast steamer is 
known from Delaware to Maine. The menhaden are 
found in schools and are seined, the fishermen getting 
from one to eight hundred barrels at a haul. When 
the steamers are full they are headed for Tiverton, 

The factory at Tiverton is an immense establish¬ 
ment, the entire premises with the wharves, out build¬ 
ings, drying platforms and store sheds embracing 
more than one hundred acres. Four substantial 
wharves with deep water all around them affords all 
requisite accommodations for the fleet of steamers and 
for the vessels that come in frequently to carry away 
the products. When a steamer arrives with a load of 
menhaden the fish are quickly elevated out of her hold, 
by a patent elevator composed of an endless chain of 
buckets, which will scoop out 2,000 barrels in three 
or four hours. The fish are discharged on the central 
wharf on which is located a large receiving building, 
commonly known as the fish pan, open at the top, 
divided into compartments and capable of holding 20,- 
000 barrels. In the rear of this structure is the main 
building devoted to the manufacture of the oil and 
guano. The fish are carried from the fish pan on 
endless belts and deposited into large square vats, 
where they are boiled. From the vats they are then 
run through two sets of hydraulic presses by which 
means the oil is extracted. The oil runs from the 


presses to large boilers, and after cooling it is conducted 
by pipes into eight large storage tanks, at a consid¬ 
erable distance in the rear of the main building. From 
these tanks it is run into barrels which are ranged in 
rows in vacant spaces on the ample areas of the prem¬ 
ises, and is then ready for shipment by vessel. The 
oil is chiefly used for tanning and for making soap. 

The refuse of the fish after the oil is pressed out is 
dried, in which condition the material looks almost 
like wood chips. It is then stored away, having 
previously been mixed with acids to preserve it. 
Finally it is made, either almost pure or mixed with 
phosphates or potash, into various grades of fish 
guano, which are among the best fertilizers ever pro¬ 
duced. There is a ready and quick sale for all that 
can be manufactured. 

About two hundred men are constantly employed 
in the factory and on the fleet, but when business is 
driving double that number are engaged. The men 
at the factory are chiefly Portuguese from New Bed¬ 
ford. They live in houses owned by the establish¬ 
ment, and are fed on the premises in a large cook 
house something after the style of the clam-dinner 
houses at shore resorts on the bay, but the building is 
substantial and the appointments are as good as those 
of a hotel. The workmen receive good wages, and 
as they live cheaply they can easily save money. 
The foremen at the factory are mostly Americans, as 
are also most of the men on the steamers. 

Captain Daniel T. Church, the present owner and 
manager of the business is a very active and enter¬ 
prising business man, and is particularly successful as 
a selling agent, so it is eminently proper that he 
should conduct the business, as his genius lies in that 
direction. His residence is a large white house on the 
heights just a little to the south of the Tiverton station. 

Captain George L. Church, has been prominent in 
the political affairs of Tiverton, having been moderator 
of the town meetings, and senator for one term. He 
is commander of the steamer Joseph Church, named 
after his father. He has a large house on the heights 
near that of his brother Daniel, and it is very conspi¬ 
cuous, with its cupola, from the trains going eastward 
across the railroad bridge. 






THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


45 


EAST GREENWICH.-On a steep hillside, facing 
eastward along the shores of the southwest corner ot 
Greenwich Bay, is the village of East Greenwich the 
county-seat of Kent County. The New York, Provi¬ 
dence & Boston Railroad runs along between the base 
of the hill and the shore, and the traveler in a passing 
train has thereby a panoramic view of the entire sur¬ 
roundings. Many of the dwellings here on the slope 
of the hill are attractive residences, the homes of peo¬ 
ple doing business in Providence. The town of East 
Greenwich was incorporated in 1677, and is therefore 
one of the oldest in the State. Manufacturing was 
early introduced here. Greenwich Bay is the best 
fishing ground for scallops on Narragansett Bay; 
clams and quahaugs are plentiful on its shores, and 
the oyster is also found in its waters. 

EAST GREENWICH ACADEMY. — East Green¬ 
wich is the seat of a prominent and venerable literary 
institution, the East Greenwich Academy, which 
dates from the beginning of the last century. The 
location can scarcely be excelled in respect to health¬ 
fulness and beauty. Visitors to Europe have pro¬ 
nounced the view from the 
Academy equal to that of the far- 
famed Bay of Naples. Provi¬ 
dence, Fall River, Newport, 

Warren, Bristol and other places 
can be plainly seen from the 
observatory, together with a wide 
stretch of charming land and 
water scenery. 

The past year has been one of 
the most successful in the entire 
history of the school, and the 
prospect now is that the build¬ 
ings will be severely taxed next 
year to accommodate those ap¬ 
plying for admission. There are 
twelve teachers and the several 
departments are well manned and 
flourishing. Much attention is 
paid to music in addition to full 
literary courses. The late emi¬ 
nent Dr. Eben Tourjee so famous 
as a musician in this country and in Europe, began 
here his career as a teacher. Among the prominent 
alumni are Nelson W. Aldrich, United States Senator 
from Rhode Island, Bishop W. F. Mallalieu, Dr. W. 
F. Warren, President of Boston University, Dr. 
Samuel F. Upham, Professor in Drew Theological 
Seminary, New Jersey; Chief Justice Matteson, of 
Rhode Island, and his associate, Justice Tillinghast; 
Professor Alonzo Williams, of Brown University; 
Bishop Thomas of Kansas; Dean Peck of Denver 
University, Colorado, and many others whom space 
will not permit naming. 

Some thirty-three thousand dollars have recently 
been given towards the endowment. This is the first 
school in New England to introduce electric lights 
into students’ rooms as well as elsewhere. No other 
school of its kind offers the seaside advantages to be 
found here. Unusual privileges are enjoyed in the 
department of science for the study of marine life and 
algae. The Institution is supplied with appliances in 
this department excelling those found in many col¬ 
leges. The influence of an institution of such age 
has naturally been very marked upon the State. Very 
many of the public school teachers have received their 
training here. Dr. Blakesleethe Principal has entered 
upon his sixteenth year as head of the Academy. See 
page III. 

WICKFORD.—On the western shore of Narragan¬ 


sett Bay, ten miles south of East Greenwich and 
twenty from Providence, is located the pleasant vil¬ 
lage of Wickford, on a small bay of the same name. 
It is one of the oldest settlements in the State. A 
small amount of manufacturing is carried on. Wick¬ 
ford is the largest and most important village in the 
town of North Kingstown, and is the seat of the town 
government. In the village are two banks, two 
churches, a town hall, and a goodly number of hand¬ 
some dwelling houses; Many Providence people and 
others have summer residences here. From here it is 
a very pleasant drive of ten miles south, through a 
beautiful country, to Narragansett Pier. The Wick¬ 
ford Branch Railroad connects with the New York, 
Providence & Boston line at Wickford Junction, and 
with Newport by steamer from Wickford. Saunders- 
town and South Ferry are small places on the coast 
below Wickford. 

BRISTOL.—Four miles south from Warren is the 
town of Bristol, one of the most beautiful places, not 
only in Rhode Island, but in New England. It lies on 
the east shore of Narragansett Bay, fronting a capa¬ 


cious harbor and extends along the water about a mile, 
and back up a gentle slope half a mile. The streets are 
wide, crossing each other at right angles, and are 
nearly all lined with rows of large elm trees forming 
in the summer magnificent arcades with leafy arches 
and majestic colonades. Many fine public buildings 
and several handsome churches adorn its streets, while 
mansion houses and modest private residences consti¬ 
tute the bulk of its dwellings. Bristol is the terminus 
of the Warren and Bristol Division of the Old Colony 
Railroad and is connected thereby with both Provi¬ 
dence and Boston, while direct communication is had 
by steamer with Providence and Fall River. Two 
miles eastward from Bristol, Mount Hope rises nearly 
three hundred feet above the level of the sea, the high¬ 
est elevation in the State, and a place of historic inter¬ 
est in connection with King Philip, the famous Indian 
sachem, who was slain near here. The Rhode Island 
Soldiers’and Sailors’ Home is situated in Bristol, over¬ 
looking Mount Hope Bay. It was dedicated with 
appropriate ceremonies May 21, 1891. 

WARREN.—Warren is a pleasant place of about 
four thousand inhabitants, situated on the Warren 
River, an inlet on the east side of Narragansett Bay. 
It is laid out along the east side of this inlet, which 
forms a good harbor. The streets are lined with trees, 
which afford a pleasant shade and add much to the 
appearance of the place in summer. The chief indus- 



East Greenwich Academy. 



















4 6 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 






try is the cotton manu¬ 
facture, carried on by 
the Cutler Manufactur¬ 
ing Company and the 
Warren Manufacturing 
Company, each having 
large factories. Warren 
is patronized to some 
extent as a summer re¬ 
sort on account of its fine 
harbor and the oppor¬ 
tunities for sailing and 
fishing. Two branches 
of the now consolidated 
. Old Colonv Railroad 

Capiain b. B. Rhodes, system make a junction 

OF CONTINENTAL STEAMBOAT CO. at WaiTen, Constituting 

it the most important 
way station between 
Providence and Fall 
River. The earliest set¬ 
tlement of the English 
on the shores of Narra- 
gansett Bay is said to 
have been at Warren, 
where a trading-post 
was established many 
years before Roger 
Williams settled Prov¬ 
idence. The n a me 
“Warren” was given 
to the town early in its 
history, in honor of Ad¬ 
miral Sir Peter War¬ 
ren, who had com¬ 
manded an English 
fleet in some important engagements. 

BARRINGTON.—The territory on the east side of 
the bay extending from Bullock’s Point to Rumstick 
Point, at the mouth of the Warren River, is the town 
of Barrington, an extensive tract of country inhabited 
almost wholly by summer residents and fishermen. 
The whole section is level in its limits, there are no 
large villages, and the communities that do exist are 
composed of residences widely separated from each 
other. This circum>tance, together with the beauty of 
the country and the general well-to-do looks of the 
dwellings, makes a succession of pictures of rural con¬ 
tentment unequaled anywhere in the State. The War¬ 
ren & Bristol Division of the Old Colony Railroad runs 
through the centre of the town, and affords reasonably 
good access to the chief localities from the three sta¬ 
tions of Drownville, Nayatt, and Barrington. The 
most important place in Barrington is Nayatt Point, a 
headland forty or fifty teet above the water, where 
there are many fine villas, the residences of wealthy 
people. 

THE BUTTONWOODS.—About half a mile west 
of Oakland Beach is a long stretch of sandy shore 
known usually as the “ Buttonwoods,” and famous in 
local annals for generations as a great clam-digging 
and clam-eating resort. The “ Buttonwoods Beach 
Association,” in 1871, purchased a large tract of land 
at the east end of the beach, erected a large hotel, and 
platted their land for cottage lots, and since then a 
large number of tasteful cottages have been erected, 
forming one of the most beautiful residence resorts on 
the bay. The fine beach is over a mile in length, and 
affords facilities for bathing, boating and fishing equal 
to any other place on the bay. East Greenwich lies 


in George H. Kelley 

OF CONTINENTAL STEAMBOAT CO. 


in view to the west, and can be reached in thirty min¬ 
utes by water ; Rocky Point lies about the same dis¬ 
tance away to the eastward. Buttonwoods is the ter¬ 
minus of the Warwick and Oakland Beach Railroad. 
No pleasanter surroundings are to be had anywhere 
on the bay than here, the trim, tasteful cottages with 
their beautiful grounds, and the fine tree-lined avenues 
leading to the bay, constituting a most charming 
neighborhood. The opportunities for sailing and 
fishing and for the delights of the shore are unex¬ 
celled, and the drives in the vicinity, along shore, or 
back into the country, lead through many beautiful 
and interesting places. 

ROCKY POINT.—Probably the oldest resort on 
the bay, with a continuous history as such, is Rocky 
Point. It is located on the west shore, about twelve 
miles below Providence, on the northeast shoulder of 
Warwick Neck. The Point is noted for the great 
diversity of its natui'al beauties, its broken surface, 
combining hill and dale, rocks and glens, bold, rocky 
bluffs high enough above the water to give a com¬ 
manding view of the bay and shore for miles around, 
and the grounds are pleasantly shaded by a handsome 
grove of native growth. A large pavilion and dining- 
hall directly on the shore near the steamboat landing, 
are devoted to the business of catering to the multi¬ 
tude in the matter of shore dinners. The place is 
about an hour’s sail from Providence. 

The regular daily season tor parties will commence 
July 3d and continue day and evening until Septem¬ 
ber. The grounds, building and places of amusement 
will be lighted by electricity evenings, giving a beau¬ 
tiful effect to all the picturesque scenery. The new 
Queen Anne Social Pavilion will be used evenings for 
dancing and the other hall 
will be used for private 
parties. 

The dining pavilion has 
been doubled in size, and 
is now capable of seating 
2653 at one sitting and with 
the annex can easily furnish 
dinners to 15,000 people 
in one day. 

The Russian Toboggan, 
or Railway of the Alps is 
something entirely new. 
Coliseum entertainments are 

Captain A. M. Clark, S ive ? eve, y after "°o" an <i 
evening. An orchestra of 

OF CONTINENTAL STEAMBOAT CO. ,1 • , • , , 

thirty pieces, have been 

engaged for the sea¬ 
son. The clambakes 
are served in the new 
Queen Anne Dining 
Hall, overlooking the 
Bay for twenty miles. 

No pains or expense 
will be spared to 
make the shore din¬ 
ners at Rocky Point 
this season the best 
on the Bay in every 
particular. 

Rocky Point is 
owned by the Con¬ 
tinental Steamboat 
Company, whose 
boats have for many Captain J. P. Taylor, 
years carried the supt. continental steamboat co. 


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4 8 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


great multitudes of excursionists that have thronged 
the famous resorts on Narragansett Bay. 

The fleet of the Continental line will include this 
season the “Day Star,” “Bay Queen,” “City of 
Newport,” “Whatcheer,” “Minneola,” “Pomham” and 
“Squantum.” The steamers “Pomham” and “Squan- 
tum ” are new steel steamers, named after two well- 
known clubs who have club-houses and grounds on 
the bay. 

The time-table has been carefully arranged for the 
comfort and convenience of the public. The steamers 
will leave Providence hourly for Field’s Point, Silver 
Spring, Riverside, and every 30 minutes for Crescent 
Park ; hourly for Rocky Point; also every 30 minutes 
to Field’s Point, Silver Spring (from 11.30. a.m. to 
1.30 p.m) during the dinner hours. There will always 
be a boat waiting at the Providence wharf for the 
excursionist to step onto and be comfortably seated 
before the boat leaves. 

A new feature this summer will be the evening boats 
(Sundays included) to Crescent Park and Rocky Point. 

OAKLAND BEACH.—One of the most noted and 
popular of the 
prominent shore 
resorts of Narra¬ 
gansett Bay is Oak¬ 
land Beach, located 
between one and 
two miles west 
from Rocky Point 
on the southern ex¬ 
tremity of the pen¬ 
insula of Horse 
Neck, fronting on 
Greenwich Bay. 

The grounds are 
extensive, there are 
fine bathing facili¬ 
ties, and the place 
has an excellent 
reputation for its 
shore dinners. The 
large dining hall at 
*he beach is very 
spacious, and cool, 
with seating ca¬ 
pacity for 1,200 
persons, which can 
be readily extended to accommodate 5,000, and gives 
ample scope to cater comfortably for the largest parties 
that can congregate there. The Rhode Island Militia 
will hold the annual encampment here from August 
18 to 22 of the present year. The place is now under 
the management of Mr. Charles T. Maxfield, whose 
reputation as a purveyor for shore dinners is excellent. 
Ht ecei. ed his training under his father, Hiram Max- 
field, who was one of the most successful shore caterers 
on the bay, and in his prime made Silver Spring an 
extremely popular resort. 

OAKLAND BEACH HOTEL.—The largest summer 
hostlery on the west coast of Narragansett Bay is the 
Oakland Beach Hotel. The house is admirably situ¬ 
ated as it overlooks the entire length of the west pas¬ 
sage, affording a view of the whole of Conanicut Island, 
with the beautiful shores of the mainland opposite. 
Far to the south along this coast the highlands back 
of Narragansett Pier are visible, while in the West Pas¬ 
sage itself Dutch Island Harbor can be recognized by 
the continual presence of vessels. In front of the hotel 
lies Greenwich Bay, with the charming tree-covered 
peninsula of Pottowomut Neck on the opposite side, 


the picturesque slopes of East Greenwich to the south¬ 
west, and near at hand, eastward, Warwick Neck with 
its villas and pleasing landscape. 

The hotel itself is a lai-ge four-story structure with 
an annex of the same height, which alone is as large 
as an ordinary summer hotel. Along the entire sea¬ 
ward front and on one side of the main building a wide 
piazza extends. Both buildings face the water and 
from every part of the front the beautiful scenery 
just alluded to is visible. In front of the house is a 
wide lawn about 150 feet deep, which slopes gently to 
the edge of a low bank at the base of which is a fine, 
sandy beach. Here are a row of bathing houses be¬ 
longing to the hotel and a flight of steps leads down the 
bluff to them. 

The present season the Oakland Beach Hotel is under 
the management of Mr. W. J. Bradford and Mr. A. 
W. Sawin, who for some years have been connected 
with the most prominent hotels in New York and Bos¬ 
ton, and such winter resorts as the Everett House, 
Jacksonville, Fla., Kimball House,’Atlanta, Ga. The 
cuisine will be of superior excellence, and the best 

the market affords. 
The table will be 
supplied with pure 
milk and fresh 
vegetables from a 
farm belonging to 
the . otel. By care¬ 
ful attention to 
every detail which 
will contribute to 
the comfort of 
their patrons, the 
management in¬ 
tend to establish 
for this hotel a rep¬ 
utation excelled by 
none. The house 
is lighted by gas 
and supplied with 
pure spring water. 
The sanitary ar¬ 
rangements are 
perfect and are not 
excelled by any 
hotel on the coast. 
Bath rooms, bar¬ 
bel shop, steam laundry, telephone and telegraph office 
in the hotel. The excellent location, pure spring water, 
and perfect drainage insure the entire absence of malaria. 
The railroad communication is excellent, as the trains 
of the Warwick and Oakland Beach Railroad stop at 
the station about two minutes walk from the house, 
and on this account the mail facilities are firrt-class. 

On account of the situation, marine sports of all 
kinds can be enjoyed to great advantage, as Green¬ 
wich Bay is one of the safest and at the same time 
most commodious bodies of water on Narragansett. 
Consequently for boating and sailing the bay is un¬ 
equaled. It is an excellent fishing ground, and those 
who desire to make the most of the pleasures and 
benefits of salt water bathing will find an especial 
advantage in the mild and even temperature which 
the water of this bay maintains throughout the sum¬ 
mer, in marked contrast to the icy coldness of more 
exposed sections. The beach is sandy and free from 
stones. Two very fine tennis courts have been laid 
out, one of turf, the other of clay. The facilities for 
enjoying this popular sport will not be excelled by 
any hotel in New England. 



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THE 


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Colonel S. S. Atwell. 


OF FIELDS POINT. 


THE WARWICK 
SHORE. — The War¬ 
wick & Oakland Beach 
Railroad,built 1874, run¬ 
ning from half a mile to 
a mile from the shore 
from below Pawtuxet to 
Warwick Neck, and ter¬ 
minating at Buttonwood 
Beach, helped open up 
| this region, and summer 
\ homes are scattered 
- along shore for miles. 
The principal localities 
in this region are River 
Dale formerly well- 
known as Mark Rock, 
Shawomet Beach, River 
View and Bay Side. Other interesting places on the 
Warwick shore are: Warwick Neck, an elevated 
ridge, enclosing Greenwich Bay, and occupied by 
many fine summer residences; Apponaug, a little 
village at the 
head of Green- 
wich Bay, 
where the tow n 
house of War¬ 
wick is located ; 

Rocky Point, 

Oakland Beach 
and the Button- 
woods, all men¬ 
tioned in these 
pages. 

EAST PROV- 
I DENCE .— 

Across the See- 
k o n k River 
; from Provi¬ 
dence is the 
town of East 
Providence, 
which extends 
along the east 
shore of the bay 
to Bullock’s 
Point, six miles 
from the city. 

The compact 
place formerly 

called WatchemokwC, but now distinctively known 
as East Providence is an integral part of Providence, 
with which it is connected by the Washington and 
Red bridges It is an important residence suburb 
of the city, has largely increased in size and 
population since the completion of the new Washing¬ 
ton Bridge and the establishing of the horse-car line in 
18S3, and is the largest place in the- town. The 
majority of the popular resorts on the bay are on the 
shores of East Providence. From Providence harbor 
the whole shore is a succession of high bluffs, alter¬ 
nating with coves, headlands and rocky islands, with 
sandy beaches at the foot of the bluffs, and throughout 
the 'whole extent is occupied by summer cottages, 
boarding-houses, and hotels, perched in advantageous 
situations. The Providence, Warren and Bristol Rail¬ 
road skirts the shore until some distance beyond silver 
Spring, and has a station there and at Riverside. The 
resorts on this shore are Squantum (club), Vue de 
L’Eau (club). Silver Spring, Pomhatn (club), River¬ 
side, Pleasant Bluff, Camp White, Bullock’s Point, 


and Crescent Park. Riverside is the most important 
place on this shore. 

SQUANTUM.—On the East Providence shore at the 
entrance to Providence Harbor is a rocky promontory 
surmounted by a number of commodious, picturesque 
buildings, and with a small wharf for a landing. This 
is the property of the Squantum Club, an association 
of Rhode Island gentlemen who monopolize the seclu¬ 
sion this spot affords for the especial purpose of enjoy¬ 
ing a regular weekly clam bake every Wednesday 
afternoon during the shore season. Stock-holders and 
invited guests from abroad are alone entitled to the 
privileges and immunities of the club. The ladies of 
the proprietors and their guests are invited to monthly 
entertainments. The “ Squantum ” is the first shore 
club originated in this section, if not the first in the 
country, and has always maintained a select member¬ 
ship and a very high reputation. These grounds are 
accessible by steamer, railroad, and by carriage. 

SILVER SPRING.—By this euphonious title was 
the next place on the eastern shore christened by 

Hiram Max- 
field when he 
first set up there 
as a shore ca¬ 
terer, in 1869, 
and gave it a 
popularity as a 
first-class shore 
resort which it 
has ever since 
sustained, and 
under the excel¬ 
lent manage¬ 
ment of the pre¬ 
sent p r o p r i e- 
tors, Copeland 
& Hudson, has 
been greatly 
improved in 
many respects. 
The spacious 
and conspicu¬ 
ous dining-hall 
standing on the 
bold rocky 
shore with the 
neat white ad¬ 
joining build¬ 
ings, indicate the character and cleanliness of this 
establish.nent inside and out. The table service here 
is first-class, the utmost care and attention is bestowed 
upon patrons, and the service approaches very near 
the modern hotel style. For 
quiet family parties who 
desire more privacy than 
can be obtained at some of 
the other popular resorts, 

Silver Spring is particularly 
well adapted, and receives 
a great deal of this class of 
patronage. Many of the 
quieter class of excursion 
parties also make this their 
objective point, on account < 
of its excellent character and ^ s 
beautiful situation and sur- 
roundings. The shores rise 
here in high bluffs and Captain G. W. Conley, 
cliffs, the dining-hall being OF steamer g. w. danielson. 



Pomham Club House, Pomham Bluff, Riverside. 















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5i 


sented directly on a rock which presents a precipitous 
face to the water. Back from the shore the diversi¬ 
fied scenery presents hill and vale, rocks and trees in 
great variety, artistic cottages with their pleasant 
piaz/as are perched on the cliffs and scattered among 
the trees, the whole presenting many attractions few 
shore places can equal. The Warren & Bristol divis¬ 
ion of the Old Colony Railroad runs along shore be¬ 
tween the overhanging bluffs and Silver Spring, and 
has a station here which accommodates the neighbor¬ 
hood. The Shore steamers all stop at Silver Spring. 

POMHAM CLUB HOUSE.— Off the east shore, a 
short distance below Silver Spring, are Pomham 
Rocks, named after an Indian chief who was killed in 
1676. Opposite them rises a high bluff', the highest 
point of land on the east side of the river, with the 
exception of Fox Hill overlooking Providence Har¬ 
bor. On this eminence now stands the picturesque 
red-roofed Queen Anne building of the Pomham 
Club, which was built in 1887 and opened June 7th 
of that year. 

^ RIVERSIDE.—Just beyond the Pomham Club 
House the bluff along shore is crowned with summer 
residences extending from the steamboat landing for 


shores, and there is an excellent bathing beach. Until 
this season the geographical name of the peninsula 
has been applied to the resort, but now the place has 
been renamed Crescent Park. This latter name was 
originally applied to a resort started in 1886 in the 
rear of Bullock’s Point, and about three minutes’ walk 
from the landing over the head of the peninsula, but 
George B. Boyden the proprietor of this place coming 
into possession of Bullock’s Point has given to the 
whole locality the name Crescent Park. A com¬ 
modious hotel is situated on the high ground over¬ 
looking the landing. It was rebuilt and renovated in 
1890 and is a w ell appointed house. At the original 
Crescent Park are the buildings where clam dinners 
are served, which are probably as commodious as any 
on the bay, and here there is a dance hall and otner 
means of amusement. Along the shore near the hotel 
are many attractions, including a fine dance hall, an 
elevated railroad, swings, hobby horse, etc. At the 
foot of the bluff along the beach are two long rows of 
bathing houses, the number having been more than 
doubled this season. Reeves’ American Band will 
give daily concerts during the season, each of the dance 
halls is provided with a good orchestra, and a summer 
theatre will be run at the Park. There is a railroad 



The Docks at Providence. 


half a mile or more, forming the largest summer resi¬ 
dence resort near Providence. This is Riverside, 
formerly known as Cedar Grove. This place was 
fitted up for a public resort about 1867, when a long 
wharf was built out to deep water as a landing for 
excursion steamers, and a large hotel was built, which 
was afterwards removed bodily to Nantucket. Tents 
and cheap tasteful cottages then lined the shores, but 
of late years these have been replaced with a substan¬ 
tial class of houses, and at present several hundred 
families make this their permanent residence. River¬ 
side is now a rapidly growing and thriving community 
with churches, schools, libraries, and other perma¬ 
nent facilities. The Warren & Bristol division of the 
Old Colony Railroad has a station here, and there is a 
commodious double landing for the river steamers. 

BULLOCK’S POINT AND CRESCENT PARK.— 

About two miles south of Riverside Landing, on the 
east shore, is Bullock’s Point a fine airy tree-covered 
peninsula. A long narrow wharf lead out into the 
bay from the high bluffs of the peninsula about half 
or three-qua'ters of a mile from the extremity of the 
point, and on shore here is the most popular local 
resort on Narragansett Bay. This resort has been 
increasing in popularity for a number of years, because 
of its natural advantages, as on the grounds is a large 
and beautiful grove of pine trees, the elevation of the 
bluff afford charming views of the bay and the opposite 


connection with Crescent Park by means of a ferry 
across the cove at the rear of the peninsula. 

Along the shore between Bullock’s Point and River¬ 
side, singly and in groups, are a large number, of 
summer cottages and boarding-houses. The princi¬ 
pal groups are “ Camp White,” “ Cherry Grove,” 
“ Sabin’s Point” and “ Pleasant Bluff” At the lat¬ 
ter place there is a steamboat landing and in the 
neighborhood several shore hotels. 

PAWTUXET.—On the west side of the bay oppo¬ 
site Riverside and Bullock’s Point is tb e ancient, 
quaint, bay-side village of Pawtuxet,' located at the 
mouth of the Pawtuxet River, about foui miles south 
of the ciry. It is one of the oldest places in the State, 
having been settled four years after Providence. The 
mouth of the river forms a small harbor, sepa *ated 
from the bay by the peninsula of Pawtuxet Neck, 
which shoreward is now nearly all occupied by ele¬ 
gant summer residences erected within the last few 
years. Seen from the bay or opposite shores, Paw¬ 
tuxet presents one of the most attractive and pic¬ 
turesque features of the entire western shore. The 
celebrated Gaspee Point lies a short distance south, 
where, on the night of June 10, 1 77 2 •» ^ ie British 
armed schooner cruiser Gaspee was captured and 
burned by a party of disguised Providence and Bris¬ 
tol men, who rowed to her in boats with muffled oars 
as she lay hard aground on the point. With the great 






TIIE NEW GLAND COAST. 


improvement in traveling- fecilities that will be afforded 
by the application of electricity to the movement of 
the street cars this village and the intermediate region 
between it and Providence will be rendered much 
more accessible and will doubtless attract many sum¬ 
mer residents. 

FIELDS POINT. — The nearest shore resort to 
Providence is Field’s Point, two miles below the city, 
situated on a sandy tongue of land extending into the 
water from the high bluffs on the western shore, which 
forms a natural breakwater for Providence Harbor. 


The Point is one of the oldest resorts on the bay, and 
from its nearness to the city has always been a very 
popular place for shore dinners. It is within the ten¬ 
torial limits of the city. The proprietor, Colonel 
S. S. Atwell, has established a wide reputation for 
the dinners which are daily served at the Point. The 
resort is now open for the season. Dinners are served 
from 12 o’clock daily with a special bake at 5 o’clock. 
The dining halls and all the other buildings have 
been put in perfect order, and the Colonel will main¬ 
tain during the season the enviable reputation for 
shore dinners which Fields Point has always sustained. 



Providence, From Prospect Terrace, Congdon Street. 


PROVIDENCE. 


The city of Pro -idence is not simply the chief place 
in Rhode Island, but is the centre of a great manufac¬ 
turing district ev+ending much beyond the boundaries 
of the State ; iV .ie contiguous portions of Massachu¬ 
setts and Co.iueeticut. To its excellent location, at 
the head of tide-water, and practically at the mouths 
of four mill-streams, one of which—the Blackstone— 
is only surpassed by the Merrimac as a manufacturing 
motive power, Pro\ idence owes its importance and 
growth. Its chief industries are the textile manufac¬ 
tures, of which it is the depot of supply and the count¬ 
ing room, while the factories are located along the 
rivers, near the city, all through the state and in the 
adjacent territory. But here are also many other 
industries of all kinds and descriptions, so that in this 
practical respect the city is not a place of one idea. 

Providence’s growth and expansion in wealth and 
population in recent years has been constant. Since 
the close of the Rebellion it has more than doubled 
in population, and at present is quite different from the 
city of that. time. Then it seemed a large town with 


rather provincial characteristics ; now it is really a 
modern city with much of a cosmopolitan appearance. 
This progress has been accompanied by the develop¬ 
ment of its manufactures in all lines, by the formation 
of a magnificent school system, by the establishment 
of libraries, the laying out of parks, increased oppor¬ 
tunities in all directions for literary and artistic culture, 
and with ever increasing advantages for intellectual, 
moral, and material advancement. Located at the 
head of navigation on the northwestern arm of Narra- 
gansett Bay, the city is built in the valleys of the 
Moshassuck and Woonasquatucket rivers, and on the 
adjacent hills to the north, east and west, which rise 
from the confluence of these rivers with the arm of the 
bay known as the Providence River. 

Settlement of Providence.— The first chapter of the 
history of Providence is very romantic. In the year 
1636, while as yet the English colonists in New 
England were few in number and nearly all divided 
among a few scattered settlement* on the shores of 
Massachusetts Bay, a small company of Englishmen 















The Front Campus—Prospect Street — Brown University 






























54 


HE NEW i^vulAND COAST. 


set forth from a settlement t’ J had but recently formed 
on the east bank of the Seekonk River, to seek a per¬ 
manent place of abode outside the limits of the colony 
of Massachusetts. The leader of these pioneers was 
Roger Williams, a young clergyman. Here he was 
soon joined by other settlers ; but being warned by his 
friend Governor Winslow that they were within the 
jurisdiction of Plymouth Colony, Williams and his 
companions set forth in June, 1636, to find a new and 
permanent place for their settlement. Embarking in 
a canoe they paddled down the Seekonk, landing first 
on the west bank, at “ Sbte Rock.” near the foot of 
the present William Street, where, according to tradi¬ 
tion, they were saluted by an Indian with the words, 
“ What Cheer, Netop?” Re-embarking they passed 
around the two headlands, subsequently known as 
India and Fox Points, and proceeded up the Provi¬ 
dence and Moshassuck rivers to a point a little north of 
the present location of St. John’s Church. Finding a 
spring of pure water they decided to begin their settle¬ 
ment at this spot, and Roger Williams considering 
that “ God’s Providence” had directed them in their 
search, named the new settlement Providence. 

Civic History.—In 1649 Providence was incorpor¬ 
ated as a town ; in 1832 it became a city, and had then 
a population of about eighteen thousand. The popula¬ 
tion in 1S85 was 118,070. The city is divided into 
ten wards and the principal local divisions are the 
East Side, the North End, Smith’s Hill, Mount Pleas¬ 
ant, Elmwood, South Providence, Olneyville, and the 
West Side. The growth of the city has been mainly 
owing to the development of the cotton industry, 
which was introduced by Samuel Slater in 1790 at 
Pawtucket, but Providence being the natural centre of 
operations became the depot ot supplies, and many 
auxiliary industries grew up within her borders, such 
as the making of machinery, engines, and mill supplies 
' inds. Coincident with the development of the 
man .ifacture, the woolen industry grew and 
flourishes, and at present amounts to about one-third 
of the former in capital invested and extent of business. 
The manufacture of jewelry is also an important local 
industry. 

P™ v ' ’ of View.—Extensive views of Providence can 
be i> I from many points on the eastern hillsides, 

the mos. /ailable and by far the best outlook being 
Prospect Terrace, an elevated and airy esplanade on 
Congdon Stree' Nom the summit of the ridge at the 
head of Camp 1 the northeast, fine views of 

the city and its eh s to the east and north can be 

had. Other exce.ient points of observation are: 
Mount Pleasant, northwest of Olneyville, the highest 
land in that sectir where an excellent general view 
of the city and fa down the harbor and bay may be 
obtained, and from Mount Neutaconkanut, near the 
southwest city line, in Johnston, which, though one 
of the least known and visited, is really one of the 
finest points from which to overlook the entire city and 
its surroiindmgs, and secure splendid views, especially 
at a fair sunset hour. This elevation is 296 feet above 
the sea level at its highest point. All of these “ out¬ 
looks can be readily reached by the horse-cars ; Camp 
Street summit and Mount Pleasant by the routes so 
named, and Mount Neutaconkanut by the Plainfield 
Street route. From Tockwotton Park overlooking 
the harbor, a fine view down the bay can be obtained. 
An easily accessible place from which the business por¬ 
tion of the city can be viewed, is the top of the tower 
of the City Hall. This is open to the public, and 
visitors are expected 'to register their names. The 
interior of the dome contains the batteries and 


apparatus for the city’s fire alarm system, all of which 
are open to public inspection. 

Public Parks and Squares. —While Providence has 
a number of small enclosures in various portions of 
the city of a park-like character, Roger Williams Park 
has been for years the only public ground deserving 
the name. In the business section are a few squares 
and open spaces of moderate area, and several grass- 
^rown and tree-covered places, such as Abbott Park, 
Franklin Square, Washington Square, and Prospect 
Terrace. Dexter Training Ground, between Cranston 
and High streets, in the western part of the city, is an 
open lot bequeathed to the city in 1824, by Ebenezer 
Knight Dexter, to be used as a training-field by the 
militia, but is now rarely used for that purpose ; it is 
a grass-grown area of a little more than nine acres, lined 
on the margins with trees and encircled with broad 
streets bordered by pleasant residences. Blackstone 
Park, on the east side of the city, a wooded ravine of 
much natural beauty, extending from Butler Avenue 
to the Seekonk River, is about four acres in extent, 
but no attempts have been made to improve it. Tock¬ 
wotton Park is a small area overlooking the harbor. 
Hayward Park, formerly the Proprietor’s Burial 
Ground, was put to its present use in 1889; in the 
centre is a beautiful fountain the gift of ex-Mayor 
William S. Hayward, in whose honor the park was 
named. 

The purchase of the Thomas Davis estate, between 
Valley Street and Chalkstone Avenue, in the Tenth 
Ward, for a public park, was consumated May, 1891, 
the price paid being $75,000. This is one of the most 
beautiful tracts of land in the city, and, on account of 
its proximity to Mount Pleasant and Smith’s Hill, will 
be of great benefit to both those sections. The grounds 
are in excellent condition, so that very little work will 
be necessary to put the park in proper condition for 
public use. 

Roger Williams Park is the people’s popular place 
for pubfic recreation. It is located on the southern 
border of the city adjoining Cranston, and is much 
the largest public park in the city, containing about 
one hundred and ten acres of land and water. This 
land was originally given by the great Indian sachems, 
Canonicus and Miantonomi, to Roger Williams in 
token of their good will and esteem. It was be¬ 
queathed to the city by Betsey Williams (a direct de¬ 
scendant and heir of her great ancestor, Roger, in the 
sixth generation) for a public park, and was accepted 
by the city in November, 1S72, on the condition that 
it should contain a statue of Roger Williams, and be 
called the “ Rogt r Williams Park.” A fine bronze 
statue of Roger Williams, standing on a granite base, 
designed and executed by Franklin Simmons, sculptor, 
of Rome, was dedicated here October 16, 1877. The 
grounds of the Park are artistically laid out with beau¬ 
tifully diversified tree-lined walks and drives, smooth 
green lawns and slopes, and shady groves. A series 
of ponds or small lakes, covering fourteen or fifteen 
acres, extend from the western entrance for about half 
the distance through the park. 

Seekonk River Park. —The Cable Tramway Com¬ 
pany threw open in June 1890 to public use as a park, 
a number of acres overlooking the Seekonk River, in 
the neighborhood of the Red Bridge, and near the 
power station of the road. This land is about fifty acres 
in area and extends along the river for a considerable 
distance, the banks being high and covered with groves 
of trees while paths lead along by the waterside and 
on the brink of the elevation, the whole already form'- 
ing a very pleasant and picturesque natural park. The 


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55 



The City Hall and the Hotel Dorrance. 


railroad company have fitted up a house for public 
use, and boats can be hired near by. There is a 
project on foot to form a riverside park out of the ter¬ 
ritory extending from the Red Bridge to Blackstone 
Park, and the region is certainly excellently adapted 
for the purpose. 

The Pawtuxet River. —Within the past few years 
the stretch of the Pawtuxet River from the village of 
Pawtuxet for several miles up stream, even to the Pet- 
taconsett Pumping Station, and beyond to Pontiac, 
has become a favorite place for rowing and picnic 
parties by the young people of Providence, on moon¬ 
light evenings, summer afternoons and holidays. 
Along the river are numerous spots where parties can 
enjoy a picnic, and many persons have already discov¬ 
ered these “woodland dells and mossy banks,” and 
have availed themselves of their good fortune in recent 
seasons. The river is reached by the Pawtuxet line 
of horse-cars, and boats can be readily obtained at the 
boat-houses near the village. 

The city’s water supply is pumped from the river at 
Pettaconsett, three miles above Pawtuxet. 

The Railroads. —Providence is an important railroad 
centre. Six distinct lines enter the city, and all but 
one are directly connected elsewhere at important 
points with the railroad system of the country, while 
they have connecting branches diverging from the 
main lines, thereby reaching nearly every village and 
hamlet in the State. The entire trackage in the State 
is about two hundred and sixty-eight miles. 

For years the railroad terminal facilities in the city 
have been inadequate, and various futile attempts have 
been made through the city government to have them 
improved. A commission of three expert engineers, 
appointed by the late Mayor Robbins reported a plan 
April 13, 1888, which was adopted December, 1888. 

This plan did not fully meet the approval of the 
railroads. On July 12, 1889, the Old Colony, the 


New York, Providence and Boston, and the Provi¬ 
dence and Springfield corporations in a communica¬ 
tion to the City Council proposed another plan, which 
was adopted a few months later. The new plan in 
many respects is similar to the one adopted by the cit'-, 
the chief difference being that the passenger str 
to be located near the centre of the cove inf&ea'’ ^.1 
the north side. The various railroads are already 
engaged in improving their approaches to the city. 
Meanwhile the city government is having the cove 
basin filled in and retaining walls for the two rivers, 
the Woonasquatucket and Moshassuck, built. 

Other notable features of the now accepte oad 

plans are : The abolition of all grade crossings m the 
city and vicinity ; the construction of a-double-decked 
bridge for railway and highway ov he Providence 
River at Fox Point, the right 4 ruct which has 

already been granted to the N Lork, Providence 
and Boston Railroad ; a new bridge over the Seekonk 
at India Point in place of the present drawbridge ; an 
elevated viaduct for the ti ains of thv ’arren and Bristol 
division from Fox Point, through 1. arket Square, to 
a connection with the other roads at the Union Station, 
—and the right to build this has already been secured 
by the Old Colony Corporation. A belt line of two 
separate circuits which intersect each other will be 
formed by means of these new bridges M connec¬ 
tions. The larger circuit will be : From the Union 
Station to Pawtucket, thence to Valley Falls, back to 
East Providence, across to Fox Point, and over the 
elevated viaduct to the Union Station. The smaller 
circuit will extend through Olney ville, Roger Williams 
Park, Harbor Junction, across the Providence River 
at Fox Point, and then along the elevated tracks to the 
station. By means of these two lines, street tracks in 
the city, which have long been a great nuisance, will 
be rendered unnecessary, as all the roads will be 
enabled readily to reach tide-water, and the transfer of 
freight will be greatly facilitated. 


















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The Friends’ School, Providence. 


A number of other public improvements are under 
way, the most important of which are : the filling of 
+J- •'.ov' basin, the improved sewerage system, and 

^ ie widening ot Greenwich Street from Trinity 
Square to Roger Williams Park, in accordance with 
plans prepared by D. M. Thompson, Civil Engineer. 
With all these improvements realized, a great and 
prosperous future undoubtedly lies before Providence ; 
it will become even more desirable as a place of resi¬ 
dence than at present, and as a business centre will 
have unimpaired advantages. 

THE FRIENDS’ SCHOOL, an institution for both 
sexes, is upon an * i.inence in the city of Providence, 
182 feet above tide water. Most of the State of Rhode 
Island and a large district of Massachusetts are in view 
from its cupola, while the beautiful shores of Narra- 
gansett Bay complete the picture. Moses Brown, of 
Providence, founaed it in 1784. An endowment of 
$100,000 came to the school in 1822, from Obadiah 
Brown, son of Moses, which money was produced at 
the Slater Mill id was the largest bequest to any 
school in the country at that date. The Yearly Meet¬ 
ing of Friends for New England has the care of it. 
A thorough, oractical education for business life and 
the most approved preparation for college are fur¬ 
nished. Many universities and colleges receive stu¬ 
dents from it on certificates, without examination. 

The school has a large number of experienced teach¬ 
ers, and as far as practicable, they are specialists, 
limited to their several departments. The fine arts 
receive special attention. Excellent instruction is 
given in music. Wood-carving has recently been 
added. It has an astronomical observatory, valuable 
apparatus for chemical and physical work, and a rich 
mineral cabinet. The library contains about six thou¬ 
sand well selected volumes. A very home-like and 


agreeable appearance has recently been given to the 
rooms by the use of large numbers of beautiful pictures 
and busts. It is lighted with the Edison incandescent 
electric lights. 

The educational force of an institution of this char¬ 
acter is not limited to school hours ; it is constant. 
The great benefits of co-education are everywhere 
discernable. For particulars, address Friends’ School, 
Providence, R. I. 

NATIONAL INDIA RUBBER COMPANY.—The 

plant of the National India Rubber Company, at 
Bristol, was started twenty-seven years ago, by the 
National Rubber Company, to the business of which 
the present corporation is the successor. The Na¬ 
tional India Rubber Company succeeded to the business 
of the National Rubber Company. This latter com¬ 
pany succeeded the old Providence Rubber Company, 
and may with truth be said to have been the pioneer 
in the art of rubber manufacture. 

The making of boots and shoes, by the National 
India Rubber Company, is a very important branch of 
the industry. These are made in three grades—the 
first quality, called the “National,” being stamped 
with the brand and name of the company, and main¬ 
tained at the highest standard possible. The other 
two qualities, “Empire” and “Imperial,” are also 
made with care, and are equal to any “ grade” goods 
manufactured. This Company largely cover the field 
in the variety of its rubber product. The excellence 
of the Tennis Shoes made by the Company have 
attained for them a very extensive sale. Rubber 
clothing for men, is also extensively made. The Mac¬ 
intoshes being admirable in quality and pattern. There 
are also made full lines of rubber belting, packing and 
hose, for gardens ; larger hose for fire purposes, brew¬ 
eries and manufacturing uses. The infinite variety 




The National India Rubber Company’s Works, Bristol, R. I. 


of goods known to the trade as druggists’ sundries, 
sold by the stores and used for hospital purposes, 
is manufactured by the Company, also rubber door 
mats, foot balls and miscellaneous goods generally, 
and only the best grade of goods is produced at the 
works. There has also been added the manufacture 
of insulated wire for electrical purposes. 

The plant at Bristol, which consists of twenty-seven 
buildings, covers an area of eighteen acres, and is the 
largest and best equipped plant in the country for the 
manufacture of rubber goods. Twenty-four thousand 
pairs of boots and shoes alone have been turned out at 
the works each working day, in addition to the large 
product in other goods. The directors of the Com¬ 
pany are Frederick M. Shepard and Charles Loewen- 
thal, New York, John McAuslan and Joshua Wil- 
bour, Providence, and Samuel P. Colt, Bristol. The 
officers of the Company are Samuel P. Colt, president 
and treasurer; John C. Balderston, vice-president; 
Charles A. Emerson, secretary. Isaac F. Williams 
is superintendent of the works at Bristol. The com¬ 
pany is capitalized at $500,000, and has a surplus of 
$483,068 in addition to its capital. 

RANKIN & BRUCE.— No more popular amuse¬ 
ment exists than bicycle riding. But it is more than 
an amusement, for the wheels are more and more 
coming into use for practical and business purposes, 
as well as for recreation. The prediction has been 
made that in the near future the large majority of the 
community will be going awheel. That this result is 
coming, in a measure, is evidenced"^ the healthy in¬ 
crease of the business of the dealers in bicycles. A firm 


that has had a phenomenal growth in Providence is- 
Rankin & Bruce. Beginning March 25, 1890, in a 
small room on the first floor of the Vaughan building, 
23 Custom House Street, the business increased so rap¬ 
idly that in March, 1891, half of the entire floor was 
engaged, three times more space than was needed at 
first. The styles of bicycles carried by this firm are 
from the leading, largest and oldest bicycle manufact¬ 
urers in the world. The principal cycles handledby the 
firm are the celebrated Swift Safeties, the Psycho, the 
American Rambler, the Eclipse, ti Pefer Diamond, 
and the Gale Diamond. The Swift was the first steel 
bicycle ever manufactured, and is made by the Coventry 
Machinist Company, (Ld.) of Coventry, England, 
the first concern to manufacture bicycles in the world. 
The Psycho is also made in Coventry, by the Starley 
Brothers. James Starlev invented the bicycle, for 
many years was employed by the Coventry Company, 
and was the original designer of the owift. All the 
other machines in stock are America!}, and are made 
by the Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Company. 
Each of these bicycles is first-class, perC.' 4 - in work¬ 
manship, worthy of being thoroughly recommended, 
and, considering their excellence, very reasonable in 
price. 

In addition to the business in the Vaughan building 
Rankin & Bruce have a well equipped bicycle repair 
shop, with a competent and skilled machinist in charge, 
at 36 Potter Street. Here the firm also manufacture 
the famous Rankin Patented Toe Clip. At the sales¬ 
room a full line of bicycle supplies are constantly on 
hand, and the firm also deals in bicycler’s garments, 
























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photographic .fits, amj the famous Edison Mimeo¬ 
graph for autographic and typewriting re-duplicating. 
This latter contrivance should be in every office and 
lodge in Rhode Island for it has great powers in 
saving printers’ bills. 



The Burnside Statue, Providence. 


DRILLED WELLS.—There are a few occupations 
that have in themselves an element of romance because 
they deal with some of the unknown or mysterious 
forces of nature. Among these may be mentioned the 
various electrical trades, sub-marine driving and the 
drilling of artesian wells. The last named has many 
features that appeal to most people’s innate love of the 
wonderful. The very idea that by the art of man the 
earth itself can be tapped for hundreds and even thou¬ 
sands of feet and its utmost secrets revealed is an 
extremely fascinating thought. The chief object in 
drilling a deep hole in the ground is to obtain a supply 
of pure water, but the same method is now used in 
prospecting for minerals, for oil, or for natural gas. 

The importance of a full supply of pure water can 
hardly be over-estimated, but yet the ordinary means 
of securing such a supply by water works or dug wells 
results very unsatisfactorily, as both streams and 
ordinary wells collect and retain the surface drainage, 
sewerage and other impurities. A few of the advan¬ 
tages of tapping nature’s supply in the bowels of the 
earth may be enumerated, as follows: 1.—You get 
pure water, and get it cheaper than in any other way. 
2.—The well is small and affords no room for stagnant 
water. 3.—A stream having been struck, which 
flows continually through the well , it never needs 
cleansing. 4.—The surface water, or any particular 
stream that is undesirable may be cased off. 5.'—It is 
more reliable in dry weather, as it does not depend 
upon a seep, or wet weather stream. 6.—It may be 
put close to buildings where, on account of blasting, a 
dug well would be out of the question. 7.—It is put 
down in about one-twentieth of the time required to 
dig a well. 8.—Being straight and narrow, the pump 
will be held straight and firm, and will therefore work 
better than in an open well. 

Wells are usually drilled from three to ten inches in 
diameter, and vary in depth from fifty to one thousand 
feet or more. The upper portion, until the bed rock 


is reached, is sometimes lined with common fire clay 
tiles set in cement; in other cases a heavy wrought 
iron pipe is use as a casing, the drill being operated 
inside of it. Within the past dozen years great 
improvements have been made in machinery for drill¬ 
ing wells, so that at present by means of the diamond 
drill and other appliances much time and labor can be 
saved as compared with past methods, while the 
results are much more certain. 

The first man in Rhode Island to drill a well by 
steam power was Delbert L. Barker, who had learned 
the business in a thoroughly practical manner in the 
Pennsylvania oil regions, and elsewhere in the West. 
He started in business here eleven years ago with one 
set of appliances, and such has been his success that at 
present he has in active operation, constantly, seven 
complete steam outfits. Mr. Barker has driven wells 
in all sections of New England, but his field has been 
chiefly in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. His 
reputation for practical skill and for a knowledge of 
geological matters bearing on the business is so well 
established that he is frequently called on for his 
opinion as an expert, both in New England and in the 
Middle States. Mr. Barker has frequently taken risks 
that very few contractors would be willing to under¬ 
take. After examining a territory, if his knowledge 
satisfies him that he can succeed in his endeavor, he 
has in a number of instances contracted to drill wells 
that will flow permanently. In view of the many 
contingencies that confront one under the circumstan¬ 
ces, Mr. Barker’s success in five cases where he has 
given such contracts has been phenomenal. See 
page IV. 

CHARLES H. MOORE.— Quite a unique business 
is carried on by Mr. Charles H. Moore at 188 West¬ 
minster Street, where he does several kinds of work 
that assists the women folks very materially in their 
constant endeavor to keep up with the times in dress. 
This work consists of four varieties, namely: dress 
pleating, covering buttonswith cloth, button-hole mak¬ 
ing, and pinking. Four machines, specially adapted 
for the purpose, are used to do the pleating. Two of 
these, which are the smallest of the set, and are alike 
in construction, do the ordinary pleating, such as kilt, 
knife, rose and shell work, while a larger machine does 
single, double and triple box pleating. The fourth ma¬ 
chine, which differs greatly from the others, is used to 
produce the now popular accordion skirt pleats. By 
means of these four machines French Dress Pleating, 
and every other style and kind, is executed in the most 
perfect manner. The button covering machines are 
also four in number, and they perform their operations 
in a very neat and exact manner, making perfect but¬ 
tons with woolen, velvet, silk, or any kind of material 
desired, and converting them into finished buttons 
at a rapid rate. These buttons are made in all styles 
and sizes, in flat or ball shapes, plain or with ivory 
rims, and the covering can be made out of scraps or 
remnants of cloth. Pinking is done by means of metal 
dies, and a variety of original designs are used that 
cannot be duplicated. 

Mr. Moore also has a machine — not an ordinary 
sewing machine — which makes button holes as well 
as they can be made by hand, and with greater 
regularity. Mr. Moore had a large experience in this 
line of business in Boston before coming here five 
years ago. Every description of work that is done in 
similar establishments in New York or Boston is per¬ 
formed here. During the busy season orders come in 
so rapidly that Mr. Moore and his assistants are 
obliged to work nearly every evening. The business 
has increased constantly, and six persons are employed. 










THE NEW ENGLAND v:OAST. 


59 



Headquarters of The E. N. Gates Heating Co., Providence. 


E. N. GATES HEATING CO. —The cut shown 
above is particularly interesting, not only from the 
fact of its being the photograph of the leading steam 
and hot water heating house in Providence, but also 
the record attached to it. 

Mr. E. N. Gates, of Fitchburg, established this 
place some time ago as a branch of his large establish¬ 
ment at Fitchburg, Mass., and early this spring sold 
the whole business to the E. N. Gates Heating Co. 
This work speaks for itself. The East Providence 
town hall, Fall River city hall, Odd Fellows Block, 
North Attleboro, Fall River National Bank Block, 
Fall River, Savings Bank Block, Oneida, N. Y., 
B. W. Woosters furniture warehouse, Albany, N. Y., 
H. G. Young’s mansion, Albany, N. Y., S. P. Gard¬ 
ner’s residence, Haverhill, Mass., Colonel Van Slyck 
and son’s residence, Providence, the Houlton, Me., 
school house, jail and court house, are but the com¬ 
mencement of a long and varied list of their work ; 
nearly all the best work in Fall River, Mass., New 
Bedford, Newport, Woonsocket. Fitchburg, Mass., 
Providence, and Pawtucket has been done by E. N. 
Gates or his successors. Mr. E. N. Gates is sole 
manager, and gives his personal attention to laying 
out the work and taking contracts, and will call on any 
one interested in heating and give an estimate for a 
complete job. 

The superiority of hot water for heating purposes 
over steam on furnace heat for any size of building is 
now an accepted fact. The only questions are : Which 
is the better boiler? and how are the best results 
from the same amount of coal to be obtained? Until 
the invention of the systems patented by E. N. Gates 
much trouble was experienced in getting a perfect 
circulation of the water to the various radiators. By 
the use of his systems the radiators furthest from the 
boiler are as perfectly heated as those nearest. 

One of the chief forms in which Mr. Gates’ systems 
is applied is the boiler known as the Scientific Porta¬ 
ble Heater, which is of a square, upright shape and is 
manufactured in various sizes. The heating surface is 
all of a form to take the most heat, holding it longest 
against plain surface, and not allowing heated gases to 
rush through centre openings direct to smoke pipe, 
without touching all parts of the boiler surface first. 
And of as much importance is the fact that the return 


cooled water from the radiators is obliged to return to 
the top, passing through the three top sections, utiliz¬ 
ing the waste heat in heating the return water, then 
passing this heated water to bottom of fire-pot section, 
resulting in perfect combustion of fuel, in direct con¬ 
tact with shell of fire-box, thereby heating the water at 
a more rapid rate than any other heater. All other 
portable boilers take their hot water from top of the 
boiler, and return the cooled water to the bottom, and 
are obliged to use fire-brick or other protection to 
make fire burn properly, thereby being obliged to 
transmit the heat through fire-brick and iron shell, 
resulting in loss of heat, which at this point is at its 
maximum degree, thereby using more coal to obtain 
like temperature of water. In others, when no pro¬ 
tection is afforded, the fire is liable to go out, where it 
comes in contact with the iron, even with fire-pot full 
of coal. In this boiler this trouble is overcame by 
having hot water around fire-pot, heated by waste heat 
in the upper sections, and fire-box section is not liable 
to crack, as it would be if cool water returned directly 
against this, the hottest part, producing such unequal 
expansion. Another great advantage gained by this 
circulation is the economy of fuel, for the hot gases of 
the fire, after giving their best effects to the hottest 
water, are obliged to circulate around the coolest 
water before passing out of the smoke pipe, thus of 
course taking more heat from the gases than would be 
possible if the gases circulated around the hottest 
water last, as in all others. The sinuous passage 
which the waste gases take, without placing any de¬ 
flecting plate at top to obstruct draft, is another point 
of superiority, and last but not least, there are only 
seven joints made in constructing this boiler, all in 
sight, and none exposed to fire to make them leak. 

Mr. E. N. Gates invites the public to correspond 
with him if they have a hot water job put in by other 
parties which is not satisfactory, for many times by 
aid of his long experience he can adjust the difficulty 
with little trouble and expense. 

Any one wanting a first-class job of heating of any 
size are cordially invited to address The E. N. Gates 
Heating Co., at Home Office, Fitchburg, Mass., and 
one of the E. N. Gates Heating Engineers will call on 
you at his earliest convenience, or the company will 
send estimate blanks and circulars. 















6o 


THE JNEv, _ (GLAND COAST. 



A NEW INDUSTRY, and the Rise of a New 
House. —To say that the bicycle has had a rapid 
growth is putting it mildly. It has had a most re¬ 
markable and even phenominal development. But a 
comparatively short time has elapsed since the appear¬ 
ance of a man astride a wheel gracefully gliding along, 
was the signal for everybody, old and young, to stop 
and gaze with open-mouthed astonishment. As a 
prominent horseman recently said, a shoi't time has 
elapsed since one met a bicycle only occasionally, but 
carriages everywhere, while now one meets a carriage 
occasionally but bicycles always. From the old bone¬ 
shaker, weighing upward of sixty or seventy pounds, 
the bicycle has developed into a light and graceful 
’ ■'hide adapted alike for men, women and children, and 
varies in weight from twenty-two to fifty pounds, to fit 
the conditions of use required. Since the advent of the 
Safety or low machine, driven with gear wheels and 
chains, the future of the bicycle has been no longer in 
doubt, and thousands to-day of both sexes are enjoying 
better health and better sleep from the exhilarating 
out-dobr exercise which the Safety Bicycle has been 
instrumental in giving them. 

In this rapid growth of the bicycle in popular favor 
Rhode Island has not lagged behind, and The Whitten- 
Godding Cycle C mpany has kept pace and contribu¬ 
ted very largely to its advancement in popularity. 
This now extensive concern had its beginning in June 
1886, when two young men who had just graduated 
from Brown University began dealing in second-hand 
bicycles as a vacation experiment. So much success 



Home Exercise on Standard Chest Weight. 
Prices, $5 to $10, Whitten-Godding Cycle Co. 


did they have that they speedily established a perma¬ 
nent business in first-class bicycles under the firm 
name of Whitten & Co. At first they had one room 
at No. 4 Westminster Street, on the fourth floor, but 
on April 1, 1887, they removed to 118 South Main 
Street. Business continued to increase so continu¬ 
ously that in October, 1889, the adjoining quarters in 
the same building, at No. 120 were engaged, doubling 
the capacity of their premises, making the present di¬ 
mensions of the floor space 100x60 feet. In 1887 
they secured the agency for the Columbia and Victor 
Bicycles, the two recognized leaders in America. In 
the fall of 1888 they began to import cycle supplies, 
and to manufacture certain sundries for which there is 
a constant call among wheelmen, such as bells, locks, 
whistles, etc. So rapidly has this department of their 
business grown that they now are receiving weekly 
consignments of foreign goods through the Providence 
Custom House, and have open accounts on their 
books with over one hundred large houses throughout 
the country from Maine to California. Some idea of 
the extent of their cycle supply -business can be had 
from the fact that they now supply several manufac¬ 
turers with all their rims, ball-pedals, tubing, cement, 
etc. Recently they executed an order for 3,000 rims 



Sailing Canoes Supplied by The Whitten-Godding 
Cycle Co. 


for one large manufacturer, another for 1,600, and nu¬ 
merous other smaller orders. During the past few 
years the firm has devoted much attention to Sporting 
and Athletic Goods, and now carry a complete line of 
Base Ball, Tennis and Gymnasium Outfits, besides 
Racing Shells, Row-boats and small Steam Launches. 
The name of the firm was changed Feb. 1, 1889, to 
Whitten, Godding & Co., and on May 15, 1891 the 
business was reorganized, into a corporation, under 
the name of The Whitten-Godding Cycle Co., for the 
manufacture of Bicycles, Bicycle Parts and Sundries, 
Athletic and Sporting Goods. 

The officers of the new corporation are W. W. 
Whitten, President; E. A. Godding, Secretary ; and 
A. E. Smith, Treasurer. Mr. Smith formerly of 
Thos. Smith & Sons, of Birmingham, England, 
transferring his interest to the new corporation thereby 
securing special United States agency for the English 
house. 

July 1st, they again entered into negotiations for 
still further enlarging their business, securing the next 
two stores adjoining theirs, in the Infantry Building, 
and will fit these up with power and machinery for 
manufacturing purposes. 






































THE , iNG 

PAWTUCKET. 

The second place in point of population in the 
State of Rhode Island is the city of Pawtucket, which 
is situated four miles northeast of Providence on the 
Blackstone River. Pawtucket is an Indian word sig¬ 
nifying a fall of water, and was given to this locality 
because the fresh waters of the Blackstone here meet 
the tides of Narragansett Bay by being precipitated 
over rocky ledges. Below the falls, the tidal basin or 
estuary extends for about five miles, to India Point, 
where it unites with Providence Harbor, and is known 
as the Seekonk River. It is navigable for vessels of 
light draught as far as the lowest bridge, a short dis¬ 
tance below the falls. 

Although the cotton manufacture is chief, there are 
many other industries, among which are large machine 
shops, founderies, tanneries, leather belting and lace 
leather establishments, wadding works, print works, 
hair cloth mills, dye works, manufactories of doors, 
blinds, and builders’ materials, the manufacture of 
bolts and screws, lumber and saw mills, box manufac¬ 
tories, spool mills, jewelry shops, paper box shops, 
paper mills, etc. The city extends along both banks 
of the river, which is spanned by five bridges. 

The honor of being the place where cotton was first 
successfully manufactured in the New World by the 
modern methods invented in England belongs to Paw¬ 
tucket. 

A centenary celebration of the establishment of the 
cotton industry was held in Pawtucket during the 
week beginning September 28, 1890. 

WOONSOCKET. 

Sixteen miles from Providence, on the Blackstone 
River, and one of the chief stations on the Worcester 
Division of the N. Y., P. & B. Railroad is the city of 
Woonsocket, which, after Providence and Pawtucket, 
is the most important manufacturing centre in the 
State. It now has a population of nearly twenty 
thousand. 

The leading industry is the cotton manufacture, 
which is carried on in all its branches, and a larger 
amount of cloth is probably produced here than in any 
other place in the State. There are a few establish¬ 
ments engaged in the manufacture of yarns. The 
woolen manufacture is also carried on extensively. 
There are, besides, a variety of other manufactures, 
among which are those of rubber goods, knit goods. 



sewing machines, shuttles, .*nd bobbins. It is here 
that are located the very extensive works of the Woon¬ 
socket Rubber Company. 


LOGAN & SPROUL. —One of the most enterprising 
concerns in Woonsocket is the firm of Logan & 
Sproul, manufacturers of moving and party wagons, 
low gears, York trucks, Boston trucks, and all kinds 
of heavy carriages and wagons. They also make open 
buggies, democrats, and light express wagons, do all 
kinds of carriage and wagon repairing, either light or 
heavy, deal extensively in all descriptions of carriages, 
and act as jobbers for every variety of carriage and 
wagon stock. Their business in this latter line is so 
extensive that they supply most of the blacksmith and 
ordinary repair shops in Woonsocket and the immedi¬ 
ate neighborhood. 

The business is conducted on Worrall Street, rear 
of 25 Social, in two buildings, one on each side of the 
roadway, the second stories of these edifices being 
connected by a bridge wide enough for a carriage. 
The building on the left is a large three story wooden 
structure, and in it the larger part of the work is done ; 
in the basement is the department of heavy iron work, 
and on the first floor wood work and carriage iron 
work is carried on. The other building is two stories 
in height, was erected in 1890, and is devoted to 
general work. In a one story ell alongside the new 
building is a large horse-shoeing shop, and this 
branch is conducted as a distinct business. The firm 
do all the carriage painting and trimming required in 
connection with their general woi'k, and in fact do all 
parts of the manufacture. The whole establishment 
is admirably situated and is well adapted to the re¬ 
quirements of the business, so that on account of the 
saving in expense resulting from the perfection of the 
arrangements the firm can produce their own line of 
work on much more favorable terms than their com¬ 
petitors. The orders for their wagons, trucks, ana 
carriages come from Providence, Worcester, Boston, 
and from all over New England. 

The firm of Logan & Sproul was formed in 1887, 
succeeding J. C. Fisher, who had carried on the busi¬ 
ness for many years previous. Both partners are 
thoroughly practical men, having worked for Mr. 
Fisher before buying him out, and they are both 
directly engaged in the work, giving personal attention 
to every detail. Since the business came into their 
possession it has largely increased. M present twenty- 
five men are employed. 



Tiie Works of Logan and Sproul, at Woonsocket, R. I. 









Fall River, From the Harbor. 


Chapter III. 

SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS, MARTHA’S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. 


Mount Hope Bay—Fall River — Taunton — New Bedford — Buzzard’s Bay—Nonquit — Elizabeth Islands — 
Vineyard Sound — South Shore — Plymouth — Cape Cod — Falmouth — Martha’s Vineyard — Nantucket. 


Mount Hope Bay, nine or ten miles in length, 
and varying in width from three to five miles, is the 
northeast arm of Narragansett Bay. The Taunton 
River flows into it at the northeast, and at its mouth, 
but facing the bay Fall River is situated. To the west 
the waters reach the main portion of Narragansett 
Bay, flowing past Mount Hope and between the pen¬ 
insula of Bristol and the island of Rhode Island, while 

FALL 

The name Fall River quite naturally suggests to 
the mind of the reader various things, according to 
the phases of its life and business with which he has 
been brought hrjcontact. The traveler will associate 
it with the great line of Sound steamers to New York, 
having Fall River for their eastern port, and known 
far and wide by it > name ; the business man and those 
interested in mai ufactures will refer to it as the chief 
cotton manufacturing centre in the country; while 
those interested in social and industrial reforms will 
think of it as a community in which are presented on 
an extensive scale many of the phenomena that form 
the ground-wor 1 of the current economic discussions. 
But none of these impressions alone do justice to Fall 
River, as while it has all these various characteristics, 
it is a progressive, well-ordered city, and contains an 
industrious population. 

Tne city lies on the eastern border of Mount Hope 
Bay, at the mouth of the Taunton River, and the 
greater portion is built on hillsides rising quite 
abruptly from the water’s edge to a height of more 
than one hundred and fifty feet. From the summits of 
these hills the country extends back in a comparatively 
level table-land, on which a large section of the city 
now stands, and two miles eastward from the shore 
lies a chain of deep and narrow ponds, eight miles 
long, of an average width of three-quarters of a mile, 
and covering an area of 3,5°° acres. 


to the south they find their way to the ocean through 
the narrow and deep Seaconnet River. The whole 
bay is charming in situation and outline, and presents 
some of the most beautiful scenery on the Narragansett 
shores. As a roadstead it is broad enough to shelter 
navies, sufficiently deep for the largest vessels and by 
its land-locked position is protected from storms on all 
sides. Fall River harbor is safe and commodious. 

RIVER. 

Fall River is the principal seat of the cotton manu¬ 
facture in the United States, nearly one-seventh of the 
entire amount being carried on in its borders. Massive 
factories, each several hundred feet in length, and five 
and six stories in height, the majority of them bliilt of 
granite, loom up in every section of the city # and 
suburbs, and in their neighborhoods are the houses 
inhabited by the operatives, consisting in many in¬ 
stances of long buildings, or large detached blocks in 
rows similar to the factory villages throughout New 
England, although in Fall River they are on a much 
larger scale, and some of the tenement blocks are as 
large as small factories elsew r here. The number of 
corporations engaged in the cotton manufacture is 
forty, owning sixty-five mills, containing 2,128,228 
spindles, and 49,586 looms, and employing 21,750 
persons. 

The southern extremity of the city is known as the 
Globe Village, where, at present, some of the largest 
mills are located. This section was in Rhode Island, 
until the settlement of the boundary question in 1862. 
The Flint Village is the eastern section of the city, and 
is reached by the horse-cars along Pleasant Street. 
Between Main Street and the end of this route, the 
majority of the mills in the city are passed. The north 
end of Fall River is known as Bowenville, and is situ¬ 
ated on a plain bordering the Taunton River. There 
are here seven or eight large factories. 








THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 

TAUNTON. 


63 



The city of Taunton is situated at the head of nav- 

ol FaH^iver Ta ” nt ° n . River > seventeen miles noith 
The city pioper, comprising the 
snZ community on the river, covers less than four 

the wLt m ‘ b “i thC outl y in g country principally to 
die west and north, is under the municipal jurisdiction. 

s, e vrtS“rie g “.? ralIy flatand but s,ightiy e,e ™ ted 

nilrTp'lv’ altl ] ou ? h I so for inland, has excellent ship- 

whiYb £ furn j sh l ed by the riverof ^ same name 

which flows around the city to the eastward and has 

cLnT rCeS A^ SeVe T al Sma11 streams Plymouth 
County. At East Taunton, four miles from the city, 


days of the whale fishery, terms of the courts were 
also held there, and when, later on, Fall River began 
to increase from its condition as a small village, it 
too, was elevated to the position of a court town. 

Two lines of the Old Colony Railroad run through 
Taunton, namely, the Central division between New¬ 
port and Boston, and the Northern Division between 
New Bedford and Fitchburg, crossing each other at 
Weir Junction. The principal depot is the Central 
Station on Wales Street. 

Taunton has probably more varied industries than 
any city of its size in New England. The leading 
ones at present are the manufacture of cotton goods, 


otreet Scenes, Taunton. 


is a dam which furnishes a head of water for the Old 
Colony Iron Works located there. The tide of Mount 
Hope Bay ebbs and flows to this point, and tugs and 
scows ascend thus far with freight. The head of nav¬ 
igation for sailing vessels is at Weir Village, the 
southern end of the city. 

A horse-car line runs the entire length of the popu¬ 
lous portion of the city, from Whittenton to Weir Vil¬ 
lage and shorter routes run across from the City Hall 
to some distance out on Winthrop street and to the 
Agricultural fair grounds. By these routes the com¬ 
munity is very well served, as the lines reach every 
part of the city. A daily and two weekly newspapers 
are published in the city. Taunton was the original 
county seat of Bristol County, but when New Bedford 
became a large and populous place during the palmy 


tacks, nails and spikes, locomotives otton machinery, 
printing presses, stoves and stove linmgs, copper and 
zinc in all mercantile forms, britannia ware and 
bricks, besides which there are a large number of 
other manufactures carried on in small establishments. 

The city is named after Taunton in Somerset, 
England, from which place a number of the first 
settlers came. Rev. Charles H. Brigham, in a lecture 
before the Old Colony Historical Society, in 1855, 
said: “The word Taunton is genuine Gallic, and 
means ‘town on the banks of the river’.” It is a 
curious fact that a number of the names of towns and 
villages in the neighborhood of Taunton, are similar 
to the names of places near the English Taunton, 
among which are Bridgewater, Norton, and Tiverton, 
showing unmistakably the nativity of the first settlers. 



























6 4 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


NEW BEDFORD. 


New Bedford is situated on the western side of 
Achusnet River, the principal northern inlet of Buz¬ 
zard’s Bay. The city occupies a gentle slope which 
runs north and south more than two miles on the river 
line, extending a mile to a mile and a half back, and 
faces east. The streets run in two general direc¬ 
tions, north and south, and east and west, crossing 
each other at right angles. Those lying north and 
south nearly all run the entire length of the city, while 
in the other direction they begin mostly at the water’s 
edge and run up the hillside. 

At the south, Clark’s Point, a tongue of land from 
half to three quarters of a mile wide, and a mile and a 
half in length extends into the bay. At the extremity 
of the point is a United States fort on which is a 
light-house. A macadamized road, known as French 
Avenue, three miles in length, runs around the entire 
peninsula, close to the water’s edge. To the north of 
the city are Acushnet heights, from which extensive 
views of the bay and the surrounding country can be 
obtained. On a clear morning in summer the pros¬ 
pect from these heights is really magnificent. 

One of the finest harbors on the Atlantic coast is 
that at New Bedford, being commodious, deep, well 
sheltered, and easy of approach through the wide ex¬ 
tent and deep waters of Buzzard’s Bay. The principal 
wharves of both New Bedford and Fairhaven front on 
it, although the city has many wharves and docks 
above the bridge. 

The first settler in the vicinity is supposed to have 
been Ralph Russell, who set up a forge at what is 
now Russell’s Mills in Dartmouth, a few miles west 
of New Bedford, about 1650. The present site of the 
city was a forest in the year 1750, through which a 
rough cartway led to a try-house on the shore, which 
with five farm houses on the County Road, were the 
only buildings. 

Far and wide over the world has the fame of New 
Bedford been heralded as the greatest of all whaling 
ports, for here this business has reached its highest de¬ 
velopment, and the ships of her citizens visited every sea 
in pursuit of their gigantic game. The business had its 
real beginning in 1765, when Joseph Rotch, a Quaker, 
came over from Nantucket. For a long time vessels 
were obliged to go only a short distance, and the blub¬ 
ber was cut up, packed on board and brought home to 
be tried out. Afterwards more extended voyages were 
made, and try-works were built on board ship. In 
1765 four sloops wei'e engaged in the business, and at 
the time of the Revolution from fifty to sixty, most of 
which were then destroyed. Afterwards it revived, 
but was again prostrated by the war of 1812. From 
that time, however, it continued to increase till 1853, 
when the products were 103,077 barrels sperm, and 
260,114 of right whale oil, and 5,652.300 pounds of 
bone. In the year 1857 the whaling fleet numbered 
324 vessels, worth more than $12,000,000 and re¬ 
quiring the services of 10,000 seamen. 

The business has steadily declined since about 1857, 
but New Bedford has maintained her relative position 
as the chief whaling port not only in America, but in 
the world. Within the past few years a large percent¬ 
age of the New Bedford vessels composing the North 
Pacific fleet have been transferred to San Francisco, 
and the whalers sailing from that port in 1888 num¬ 
bered twenty-one vessels. The number of vessels 
belonging in New Bedford was, January 1, 1888, 
seventy-four, of a tonnage of 18,911, and the capital 
invested in the business is $1,750,000. 


New Bedford was set oft' from Dartmouth, the 
present town next west of it, in 1787* L became a 
city in 1847. The origin of the name is from the title 
of the Duke of Bedford, the English head of the Rus¬ 
sell family. 

The most important business at present is the cot¬ 
ton manufacture, the city ranking fourth in the amount 
of capital invested and the capacity of its factories 
being only surpassed by Fall River, Lowell, and Man¬ 
chester, N. H. Besides the cotton manufacture, there 
are the twist drill works, cordage factory, glass works, 
silverware establishments, boiler works, brass foun¬ 
dries, candle and soap works, shoe factories, carriage 
manufactories, boat building yards, etc. 

PAIRPOINT MANUFACTURING CO.—The Pair- 
point Manufacturing Co., established at the south end 
of the city in 1880 has one of the largest and finest 
establishments for the manufacture of silverware in 
the country. Silver-plated articles of all kinds for 
household use, as well as for ornament, including 
knives, forks and spoons, pitchers, casters, cake 
baskets, jewel cases, table ware, etc., are made in 
new and beautiful designs. About four hundred 
hands are constantly employed. 

WESTPORT HARBOR.—On the coast between 
Seaconnet Point and New Bedford are many good 
beaches, which are however little known because they 
are so far away from railroad communication. West- 
port Harbor, five miles from Seaconnet Point, has an 
excellent beach, and the place has come into notice 
within the past few years through the attempts of Mr. 
Edward Howland to obtain exclusive possession of 
the shore. The matter is now before the courts. 
Horse Neck Beach, further eastward, is one of the 
finest stretches of shore in New England, and when 
Col. Sisson of Seaconnet succeeds in getting his 
electric road built, it will undoubtedly become a pop¬ 
ular resort. 

BUZZARD’S BAY.—The route from New Bedford 
to Martha’s Vineyard is across Buzzard’s Bay, a mag¬ 
nificent body of water of an irregular oblong shape, 
separated from the ocean on the east by Cape Cod, 
and on the south by the Elizabeth Islands. Its greatest 
length is from the entrance between Penekese Island 
and Mishaum Point to Back River Harbor, a distance 
of about eighteen miles, from southwest to northeast; 
while its width from New Bedford Lower Harbor to 
Naushon Island is about nine miles. This ample 
water area has often afforded an opportunity for great 
yacht races covering fifty or sixty miles in a triangular 
course, sailed here by the vessels of the New York 
Yacht Squadron during their annual summer cruises. 
Because of its comparatively smooth waters, the 
strength and steadiness of its summer winds, and its 
freedom from obstruction, the bay is a favorite sailing 
ground for yachts, and for the numerous cat-boats and 
sloops from New Bedford and the smaller harbors on 
its coast. The shores are low and sandy, backed by 
forests in most places, and are much indented by many 
inlets and harbors, on some of which towns, villages 
and summer resorts are situated, while others have one 
or two houses to break their solitude, and still others 
have for their only tenants, the denizens of the shore 
and waters. The region is beautiful, not with the 
beauty of strong contrasts, but rather in a quiet unob¬ 
trusive way, by means of the manifold combinations 
of sky, water, low shores, and the ever-present 
forests. 


The Fairhaven Bridge and the Acusiinet River, New Bedford, Mass. 

































Views of Wharves and Whaeers, New Bedford. 























































THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


67 


The whole eastern coast of the bay is reached by the 
lines of the Old Colony Railroad. The Fairhaven 
branch running from that place to a connection with 
the main Cape Cod line at Tremont, furnishes access 
to the shores of the upper bay, the only stations being 
at Marion and Mattapoisett, both old settlements and 
fishing towns. Fi'om Tn mont to Buzzard’s Bay Sta¬ 
tion, a distance of nine miles, the railroad runs along 
the northern end of the bay and passes through the 
shore town of Wareham, famous for the oysters found 
in its creeks and harbors, and there are in this distance 
four stations, at South Wareham, Wareham, East 
Wareham, and Onset, about two miles distant from 
Onset Bay, a beautiful place, where there are many 
summer cottages, and where a Spiritualist camp-meet¬ 
ing is held every season. From Buzzard’s Bay Station 
the Woods Holl branch starts and runs along quite 
close to the eastern shore, passing through a number 
of places the most recent on the bay. The stations 
are at Monument Beach, Wenaumet, Pocasset, Catau- 
met, North Falmouth, West Falmouth, and Falmouth, 
and the distance of this run is about seventeen miles. 
The circuit of the bay by rail is a little over forty 
miles. 

NONQUIT.—On the western shore, seven miles 
below New Bedford, and two or three miles from the 
mouth of Buzzard’s Bay, is the beautiful seaside resort 
known as Nonquit. It is a small settlement, consist¬ 
ing of a good-sized hotel and fifty or more summer 
cottages, and is situated on a gentle slope facing the 
bay. A small steamer plies constantly between Non- 



The Standish Monument, 

ERECTED IN MEMORY OF MILES STANDISH, DUXBURY, MASS. WHOSE 
HOME WAS NEAR THE FOOT OF THE HILL ON 
WHICH IT IS ERECTED. 



Plymouth Rock Monument. ^ 

quit and New Bedford during the summer. Nonquit 
was brought into national prominence through the 
death here of General Philip H. Sheridan, August 5, 
1888. General Sheridan, with his family, had spent 
several summers here, and in 1887 had elected a 
handsome cottage. To this new residence he came 
to die. 

ELIZABETH ISLANDS. — Extending in a line 
southwesterly from Woods Holl to the entrance of 
Buzzard’s Bay are the Elizabeth Islands, consisting of 
five large and seven smaller isles, fhe names of the 
principal islands are: Naushon, Pasque, Nashawena, 
Cuttyhunk and Penekese, ranged One after the other 
in the order named with comparatively narrow water 
passages between them. Naushon is by far the 
largest, and the name applies not only to that island, 
but includes two others separated from the main island 
by a channel so narrow that from appearances no one 
would suspect the existence of separate islands. These 
two islands are Uncatena and Nonomesset, both at 
the eastern end of Naushon. On Uncatena is the 
mansion of Colonel J. M. Forbes the own^r of the 
entire domain of Naushon. On Cuttyhunk is a large 
pond of fresh water called Gosnold’s pond in the centre., 
of which is Gosnold’s island, where it is supposed 'he 
English navigator, Bartholomew Gosnold built houses 
in the year 1602 when he discovered these islands and 
named them in honor of Queen Elizabeth. Pasque is 
owned by a fishing club of wealthy New Yorkers, and 
Cuttyhunk is owned by a similar club. 

VINEYARD SOUND. — Between the Elizabeth 
Islands and the northern coast of Martha’s Vineyard 




















Homestead of Daniel Webster, Marshfield, Mass. 


is Vineyard Sound, five or six miles in width and 
twenty miles in length, one of the greatest thorough¬ 
fares for vessels in the world. The keels of every 
nation plough these waters without rest day or night. 
It is said that more than sixty thousand steamships and 
sailing vessels pass annually through this sound in 
the daytime alone. Vessels from New York, Phila¬ 
delphia, and the south, bound for Boston, Portland 
and all eastern New England, and vice versa , pass 
through this convenient. 

THE SOUTH SHORE.—One of the most interest¬ 
ing sections of the whole Atlantic coast is that portion 
of the shore of Massachusetts Bay extending from 
Boston Harbor to Plymouth. This was the scene of 
the struggles of the Pilgrims, the “ Old Colony ” for 
many years being almost wholly confined to the sea¬ 
side settlements. Now-a-days, while the active life of 
the country has long ago drifted away from this local¬ 
ity, the summer visitor and sojourner has found it out 
and the pleasant villages along-shore are the summer 
dwelling places of multitudes from Boston and the 
inland cities. This locality is generally known as the 
“ South Shore.” 

The coast here abounds in sandy beaches and bluffs, 
with occasional masses of rugged rock intervening, 
and is exposed to the sweep of the ocean from the east, 
being a little too far north to be sheltered by Cape 
Cod, and is only protected from the waves in the 
northern portion by ledges of rock oft' shore which act 
as natural breakwaters. 

One of the principal branches of the Old Colony 
Railroad system skirts the southern shore of Boston 
Harbor and the entire South Shore all the way to Ply¬ 
mouth, and the scenery along this route is in the sum¬ 
mer especially beautiful and pleasing. This branch 
diverges from the main line at Braintree, an old his¬ 
toric town of about 4,000 inhabitants, ten miles from 
Boston. Two miles beyond Braintree is Weymouth ; 
it is a place of about 4,000 inhabitants, and although 
somewhat of a summer resort has a number of shoe 
factories. Weymouth was the scene of Myles Stand- 
ish’s attack on the Indian chiefs as told in Longfellow’s 


poem, “ The Courtship of Myles Standish.” The next 
stations are North Weymouth with a population of 
about 2,000 and East Weymouth, with about 3,500— 
the three Weymouths all being in the town of the 
same name, and all within a distance of three miles of 
each other. Then follow the stations of West Hing- 
ham, Hingham and Old Colony House, all in the 
town of Hingham, and the village of Hingham with 
its 5,000 inhabitants is the principal place. This old 
town abounds, with historical associations, and 
although the residences are chiefly pretty cottages and 
mansions of latest style, yet there are many old colonial 
houses in retired places. John A Andrews the war 
governor of Massachusetts, was a resident of Hingham 
for many years, and a statue of him stands in the bury¬ 
ing ground on the hill behind the ancient edifice of 
the First Church. From Old Colony house a branch 
railroad diverges to Nantasket Beach. 

At North Cohasset, nineteen miles from Boston, the 
railroad strikes the South Shore. The famous ‘“Jeru¬ 
salem Road” here runs along the coast to Nantasket 
Beach, and the shores are formed of magnificent 
masses of rock, projecting into the sea in some places, 
or rising in precipices in others, while landward the 
country is diversified by hills and cliffs, vales and 
meadows, and for miles amid this charming scenery 
elegant villas are located on the most advantageous 
situations. There are a number of excellent summer 
hotels in this neighborhood. Cohasset Station is be¬ 
tween two or three miles further, through which, also, 
the “Jerusalem Road” passes ; and here many wealthy 
and celebrated people have their homes. Offi Cohas¬ 
set Harbor is “ Minot’s Ledge,” upon which is one of 
the most noted light-houses in the world. The inter¬ 
vening resorts from this point to Plymouth on the 
south shore, at all of which there are lailroad stations, 
are North Scituate, Egypt, Greenbush, East Marsh¬ 
field, Sea View, Marshfield Centre, Marshfield, Web¬ 
ster Place, Duxbury, South Duxbury, Island Creek, 
Kingston, and Seaside. The well in which hung the 
“Old Oaken Bucket,” which inspired Samuel Wood- 
worth to write that famous poem, is in the village of 













THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


6 o 


Greenbush. Daniel Webster’s home and farm was in 
the town of Marshfield, and the homestead is still a 
gieat attraction for tourists. Duxbuty is within eight 
miles of Plymouth, and is situated on the bay of the 
same name, with fine beaches and shores in the neigh¬ 
borhood. It was one of the chief places in the early 
history of the Old Colony. Here John Alden, the 
youngest of the Pilgrims settled, and an old house of 
his built 230 years ago is still standing. South Dux- 
bury was the residence of Captain Myles Standish. 

PLYMOUTH—The terminus of the South Shore 
branch is at Plymouth, forty-six miles from Boston 
by this route, and thirty-seven miles by the direct line 
which runs through Abington and Braintree. The 
Pilgrims landed here in 1620 from the Mayflower, 
and founded the first permanent English settlement in 
America, and the spirit and 
life that went forth from 
this original community 
have had an influence sec¬ 
ond to no other in shaping 
American life, laws, and 
institutions The present 
town has a population of 
about 7,000. It is situated 
on a good harbor, and in 
the neighborhood are fine 
beaches, while much of the 
surrounding country is 
wooded. As a summer 
resort it has great attrac¬ 
tions, as there are excellent 
opportunities both for fish¬ 
ing and gunning in the 
neighborhood. The entire 
town is eighteen miles long 
by from four to nine miles 
wide, of a very irregular 
shape, and on account of 
the numerous indentations 
it has a coast line of more 
than thirty miles. The 
chief village, Plymouth, 
has the modern con¬ 
veniences of a city, free 
schools, churches, good 
water and sanitary systems, 
a public library, etc. There 
are many points of historic 
interest in Plymouth, chief 
of which is the Plymouth 
Rock monument, an im¬ 
posing structure erected 
over the rock on which the 
Pilgrims landed. 

CAPE COD.—Is a long narrow sandy peninsula, not 
much more than five miles wide in any place, and ex¬ 
tending into the ocean for more than sixty miles from 
the southern coast of Massachusetts. In shape it is like 
an arm bent at the elbow—the outer shores being 
washed by the Atlantic, while the inner coast is laved 
by the tides of Massachusetts Bay. The natives of this 
region are a hardy race, mostly followers of the sea, 
and many of them have taken prominent positions in 
the great cities and in the councils of the nation. Within 
recent years the ancient fishing towns on the Cape 
have gradually become summer resorts. A line of the 
Old Colony system runs the entire length of the penin¬ 
sula to the terminal town, Provincetown, an import¬ 
ant fishing port. The Cape constitutes the entire 
county of Barnstable. The most important places are 


Provincetown, Hyannis,on thesouthern,side,Chatham, 
at the elhow, Yarmouth, Barnstable, «P., all of which 
are at present summer resorts. 

FALMOUTH.—The township of Falmouth on the 
peninsula of Cape Cod includes the larger extent of 
the east shore of Buzzard’s Bay, and its territory also 
borders for ten or twelve miles on Vineyard Sound. 
It is thus a wedge-shaped piece of land terminating in 
a promontory to the south, on which is situated 
Woods Holl, the terminus of the Old Colony railroad, 
and the place where travelers embark on the steamers 
from New Bedford, en route for Martha’s Vineyard 
or Nantucket. The harbor here is a good haven for 
vessels in bad weather. Many summer residences 
are now located in the vicinity. The elevation near 
the entrance into Vineyard Sound is Nobska Hill, 
and from its summit charm¬ 
ing views are obtained of 
the Sound, of the shores 
and hills of the Vineyard, 
and of the Elizabeth 
Islands. From the same 
stand-point, looking north¬ 
ward across the neck of 
land, the whole stretch of 
Buzzard’s Bay is before us. 
The principal place in the 
town is the village of 
Falmouth, about four miles 
from Woods Holl. It con¬ 
tains a number of old 
houses as well as many 
modern residences, and is 
situated on the shores of 
Vineyard Sound, although 
the distance over to Buz¬ 
zard’s Bay is not much 
more than a mile. The 
village is about half a mile 
from the railroad station, 
and about the same dis¬ 
tance from a fine landing 
on the Sound. A mile 
southward is Falmouth 
Heights, now a very pop¬ 
ular resort, with several 
hotels. Other places fast 
acquiring reputation as 
summer resorts are : Men- 
auhant, on the Sound, 
seven miles from the rail¬ 
road station and to which 
a small steamer runs from 
Woods Holl and Falmouth 
Landing; Waquoit, at the 
head of Waquoit Bay, which connects with the 
Sound two miles east from Mehauhant, but is only 
six miles distant by road from Falmouth Station; 
Quissett Harbor, on Buzzard’s Bay, has an excellent 
hotel, and is within two miles of either Falmouth or 
Woods Holl. On the Falmouth shore of the bay there 
are many other beautiful locations, which probably 
in the future will be appropriated for summer resi¬ 
dences or resorts. The western shore of the towns of 
Falmouth and Sandwich forming the coast of Buzzard’s 
Bay already have very many fine summer estates rival¬ 
ling Newport in their costliness and beauty. To 
accommodate these residents a special train is run from 
Woods Holl to Boston every summer from June 1 to 
Oct. 1. It is commonly known as the “ Dude Train,” 
and is made up entirely of drawing-room cars. 



National Monument to the Pilgrim Fathers, 
at Plymouth. 









70 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 



Bathing Pavilion, Cottage City, Martha’s Vineyard. 


MARTHA’S VINEYARD. 


One of the best known of the many beautiful summer 
resorts on the Northern Atlantic seaboard is the island 
of Martha’s Vineyard, oft' the southeastern coast of 
Massachusetts, and within an hour’s sail of the main¬ 
land. It lies to the southward of Vineyard Sound, a 
great ocean highway along the coast, through which 
all vessels moving in either direction pass. To the 
northeast is the peninsula of Cape Cod; to the north¬ 
west are the Elizabeth Islands, which form a line of 
outposts in the ocean from the mainland to the mouth 
of Buzzard’s Bay, which they separate from Vineyard 
Sound ; and out at sea thirty miles distant in a south¬ 
easterly direction is Nantucket, a lonely sea-girt isle so 
far away as to be out of sight of any neighboring lands. 

Martha’s Vineyard is of a sandy formation and has a 
very diversified surface. On the northern and western 
coasts it borders on Vineyard Sound and rises in con¬ 
siderable elevations, while on the south it is compara¬ 
tively level and low and is dotted with many wood- 
embowered lakes. Forests, mostly of dwarf oaks, 
cover the larger portion of the surface. An impression 
has prevailed that the soil was poor because of its sandy 
character, but the crops in seasons when rain is plen¬ 
tiful disprove this belief and also demonstrate the fact 
that judicious cultivation with proper irrigation in dry 
seasons would bring ample returns. Small fruits and 
garden vegetables grown on the island are much supe¬ 
rior to what can be obtained from the mainland, but 
the supply is not fully equal to the demand. 

The shores are mostly sandy beaches, in some cases 
stretching out at the foot of abrupt bluffs which face 
the ocean with steep and arid sand slopes like railroad 
embankments, at other places they are sustained by a 


background of undulating, wooded hills. Still in other 
localities they roll away into low meadows, or are 
flanked by salt-marshes or ponds. On the east, north, 
and west the sea breaks on the beaches gently, with 
little or no surf except during storms or the prevalence 
of certain winds, but on the south shore the full sweep 
of the ocean is felt, and the majestic billows roll in 
upon the sands in long and high rollers, chasing each 
other up and down the steep beach stretching for 
miles in a straight line, and making a grand music 
that even in calm weather is like distant and muffled 
thunder. 

In the interior and on the coast remote from the 
communities on the eastern end of the island, the 
country is but thinly settled, and the lover of solitude 
can find here plenty of opportunity to get away from 
the haunts of men, with the advantage of still being 
almost within hailing distance. Here also in the 
placid lakes and the rushing brooks the sea bass, the 
speckled trout, and other denizens of the waters that 
love not the places where commerce and the multitude 
intrude, can be entrapped by those who, having time 
and opportunity, do not dread fatigue or fear soli¬ 
tude. 

The climate is as nearly like that of Florida as the 
latitude will allow. The highest temperature reached 
in July, 1887, was 89 degrees while the mean tem¬ 
perature during the same month was 73.2 degrees, 
and the lowest 61.7 degrees. Very little snow falls 
during the winter and when it comes, soon passes 
away, as the weather is much milder than on the 
mainland. During the winter the temperature ranges 
from 30 to 40 degrees, seldom falls below 10 degrees, 


































THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


7i 


and very rarely to zero. For these reasons the Vine¬ 
yard is being recommended as a winter resort. The 
temperature of the sea water is said to be 21 degrees 
warmer on the beaches of the island than on the north 
side of Cape Cod, the cause 
being that the warm current 
from the tropics mingles with 
the waters of the sound, while 
the icy currents from the North 
Seas enter Cape Cod and Mass¬ 
achusetts bays. 

The island is divided into 
five townships: Edgartown, 

Tisbury, Chilmark, Gay Head, 
and Cottage City, and together 
with the Elizabeth Isles, con¬ 
stitute Dukes County, Massa¬ 
chusetts. The county seat is 
at Edgartown. 

COTTAGE CITY.—The ma¬ 
jority of the visitors to Martha’s 
Vineyard have for their destina¬ 
tion the unique summer resort 
now known by the corporate 
name of “ Cottage City” but 
which is better known by its 
original and more appropriate 
title “ Oak Bluffs.” Although 
the island has two considerable 
village communities, Edgar¬ 
town and Vineyard Haven, and 
a number of small hamlets, all indigenous to the coun¬ 
try, Cottage City is the Mecca of the summer visitors 
and is a community radically different from its neigh¬ 
bors. While the other places are the homes of the na¬ 
tive farmers and fishermen, Cottage City had its ori¬ 
gin in a Methodist camp-meeting, beginning in 1835 
and has developed from and outgrown that beginning 
until it has become the most unique, self-contained 
and self-centered summer community in the country. 


It is not a summer resort superimposed on a native 
community, but is a place that from its origin has 
been a summer resort and nothing else, and all the 
connection had with adjoining communities has only 


been those of trade or mutual assistance. It is situated 
on the eastern side of the island, where the coast is 
formed by steep sand bluffs, with sandy beaches at 
their bases. From this fact, and because the region 


Oak Bluffs Club House. 

was and is covered with a growth of dwarf oaks, the 
place was called Oak Bluffs and when this neighbor¬ 
hood and the adjoining localities and its suburbs were 
set off as a separate town in 18S0, the name Cottage 
City was adopted. 

Seen from the deck of an approaching steamer, 
Cottage City makes a strikingly beautiful picture. The 
towers and minarets of its hotels and cottages elevated 
on the bluff and outlined against the western sky, give 
it an appearance of Oriental 
splendor and magnificence 
unequaled anywhere on this 
continent. Nor is this im¬ 
pression lessened when the 
visitor goes ashore, as every¬ 
thing looks bright and new, 
the buildings have a fairy¬ 
like character, the streets and 
avenues are laid out as care¬ 
fully as if on a magnificent 
private estate, and are all 
concreted. Few fences sepa¬ 
rate one property from an¬ 
other, and the whole place 
consists of innumerable taste¬ 
ful cottages embowered in 
the grove. Many of them 
have wide doors, which are 
usually open and present to 
the view of the ’ passers-by 
bright, artistic, cosy and 
home-like interiors. The 
fairy-like character of the 
whole scene so engrosses the 
attention that the stranger 
does not think of losing the 
way, and the pleasant avenues, lined with these at¬ 
tractive homes, are only the more beautiful because of 
their crooks and curves. 

Cottage City consists of three district sections : Oak 




























Baptist Church, Highlands. Trinity Methodist Church, Camp-Ground. 



Ocean View House, Cottage City — from the Sound. 



Union Chapel, Cottage City. 



The Pagoda. Cottage City. 


























































THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


73 


Bluffs, the region along shore in the 
most popular portion of the place; 
the “camp ground” or Wesleyan 
Grove, westward of Oak Bluffs; 
Vineyard Highlands, separated from 
the two former places by Lake An¬ 
thony, a small shore pond. There 
are steamboat landings both at Vine¬ 
yard Highlands and Oak Bluffs. 

The chief bathing place is the beach 
on the water front of Oak Bluffs, 
opposite the centre of population and 
very convenient of access. Several 
hundred bathing houses in double 
rows with a passage between, stand 
at the foot of the bluff, and are reached 
from Seaside Avenue by steps lead¬ 
ing out of the pavilion, which is a 
large, airy, many-storied structure, 
conspicuous from the water and from 



Sea View House, West Front. 



all along shore, and affords a splendid chance for the 
observer to watch the bathers. The beach is of 
smooth sand, and extends up under the bathing- 
houses. The fashionable hour is about n a. m., and 
all classes and conditions then avail themselves of 
the opportunity to tumble and splash in the quiet 
and genial tempered waters. There is no surf, no 
under-tow, and the bathing is consequently absolutely 
safe. Just south of the Highland Wharf is another 
bathing place, but it is not so popular as that at the 
Bluffs. 

The settlement of Cottage City began with a Metho¬ 
dist camp meeting, held annually in August in 
Wesleyan Grove. The first meeting was held in 
August, 1835. There was a rough shed for the 
preachers’ stand, a few plank seats, and nine tents, 
with straw, blankets, and extemporized chairs and 
tables for furniture. It was held from Monday to 
Saturday and there were about a thousand people 
present. Every year after that the number of attend¬ 
ants, and the facilities increased. The tents were 
situated in a circle around the grove, and the meetings 
were held under the trees. About 1859 a few resi¬ 
dences were erected, and on account of the mildness 
and evenness of the temperature many families began 
to make it a home during the summer. In i860 a 
new organization was effected, with a committee of 
laymen, and the name, “ Martha’s Vineyard Camp- 
Meeting Association ” was assumed and the company 
was incorporated in 1S68. In 1869 the “ old camp¬ 


Bluefishing off Cape Pogue Light 

(embark at sea VIEW HOUSE WHARF.) 


meeting ground had become a genuine watering 
place” rustication, fishing, bathing, and sailing barely 
yielding in the attention of the people to the services 
connected with the meeting. The old oaks at the 
grove having become by this time so dismantled with 
age as to afford but an insufficient protection, an 
awning was drawn over the seats in the circle. In 
1879 ^ ie awning was replaced by the present mag¬ 
nificent iron Tabernacle. This structure, aside from 
the recess occupied by the pulpit and platform, is 140 
feet square. It has a seating capacity of 4,000. 
Around the Tabernacle still stands a portion of the 
old grove of oaks, but there are walks, avenues, parks, 
and grassy lawns in the circle and among the trees. 
The lots on the camp-ground are leased to the occu¬ 
pants, and the proceeds go for the expenses and 
improvements. Twenty-five acres are now owned by 
the association. 

In 1867 the Oak Bluffs Land & Wharf Company 
was formed, whose definite object was the develop¬ 
ment of the neighborhood of the Camp-ground as a 
watering place and a summer resort. Ten thousand 
dollars were immediately expended in building a 
wharf and in laying out lots, avenues, and walks. 
Cottages began to spring up as if by magic and the 
place rapidly became a summer home for people of 
moderate means for here were to be found the comfort 
and most of the advantages, if not the luxury and 
extravagance of the more pretentious watering-places. 

The Vineyard Grove Company, incorporated in 
1870, purchased Vineyard Highlands, 
and after making many impi'ovements 
in 1875 sold their interest to the Baptist 
Vineyard Association. In the midst 
of the grove, two or three minutes’ 
walk from the wharf, is the large, cir¬ 
cular Baptist Tabernacle, dedicated 
in 1878, and surrounding it are a large 
number of tasteful cottages. The 
meetings of the Baptists are held 
usually during the week preceding 
those of the Methodists. 

Not the least of the conveniences of 
Martha’s Vineyard is the narrow- 
gauge railroad from Oak Bluffs Wharf 
to Edgartown and Katama. The 
trains start fi-om the wharf on the south 
side, run along the beach past the Sea 
View Hotel, and at the foot of the 
bluff, passing underneath the bathing 
pavilion and in between the bathing 












74 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 



Sea View House, South Front. 

Eshowing a section of the twenty-five miles of concrete promenades radiating 

FROM THE SEA VIEW. 


houses and the bluff, and then running along near 
the shore all the way to Edgartown and Katama. 
Beyond Edgartown the road crosses a level plain, and 
reaches Katama by a sweeping curve. Across the 
lots a pathway leads to the south shore from which 
a grand outlook of the surf, the ocean and the sur¬ 
rounding shores is had. 

If you want to fish you will find plenty of oppor¬ 
tunity at the Vineyard. During the season, at the 
wharves of either Cottage City, Vineyard Haven, or 
Edgartown, cat-boats, manned by reliable skippers, 
can at any time be engaged, and you can go out and 
indulge in the sport of blue-fishing, which is the most 
exciting of all that are possible here. Tautog and 
scup are also caught in the neighboring waters, while 
from the headlands of the coast at Gay Head or Squib- 
nocket, on the west end of the island, the enthusiast 
can throw the line for the striped bass. In the ponds 
and streams, trout, perch, and pickerel are to be found 
if you are willing to take the trouble necessary to get 
to their abiding places and have the patience to lure 
them from their haunts. 

THE SEA VIEW HOUSE. — The Sea View 
House stands on a high bluff with broad piazzas over¬ 
hanging the salt sea waves. The only house on the 
island built on the water’s edge, commanding a mag¬ 
nificent view of the thousands of white winged ships 
as they go 

“ Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells.” 

All rooms open outside, to the east on the water, or 
west on the park. No mosquitoes. Pure spring water 
—from a boiling mineral spring in abundance. 

An attractive family resort of clean morals and 
healthy climate. 

The best family outing place between Bar Harbor 
and Cape May on the coast. 

The view from the south front of the hotel over the 
Bathing Beach and the city, with its hundreds of 
elegant cottages, the homes of 20,000 summer visitors, 
and away to Edgartown five miles distant, “ A strange 
old-fashioned silent town,” is only one of the many 
beauties of this city by the sea. 

Its drives and promenades are attractive and clean, 
the summer breezes soft and balmy without dampness, 
the sand beach for miles along our front, the Ideal 
resort for those who come for a dip in the salt old 
ocean. 

A day on the briny deep in one of the fishing smacks 
of this resort is not to be compared with anything else¬ 
where. A skipper born to the water and the habits 


of the finny tribe ; a spanking breeze and 
a catch of twenty-five or more of the 
blue and golden beauties, is an every 
day event at Cottage City. 

“ Unheeded let the newsboy call, 

Aside the ledger lay : 

The world will keep its treadmill step, 
Though you fall out to-day.” 

Excursions from the Sea View Whart 
directly in front of The Sea View House 
to Gay Head Light and the Indian Reser¬ 
vation. A ramble over the wonderful 
variegated clay cliffs that form this bold 
northern headland of Martha’s Vineyard, 
from which the celebrated Gay Head 
Pottery is made, and a ride up the cliffs 
in the Indian ox carts completes a day 
never to be forgotten. It is the wonder 
of the summer visitor as well as the ter¬ 
ror of the winter navigator. Other 
points : “ The Golden Milestone,” from which pleas¬ 
ure is measured in the soft balmy days of summer 
vacation time is the Sea View House ; New Bedford 
the home of the whaler, and a climb over the side ot 
the great old ships that are moored at her wharves, a 
peep down into the cabins and between decks, and 
you are away on the boundless deep in the cold north 
seas, on the chase for the great monsters. As you 
ramble about in the old cabin you are startled by the 
cry, “ There she blows,” and rush on deck only to 
find the wharves and warehouses of New Bedford, 
and the thermometer at 80, instead of icebergs and 
cold blue north sea waves. Back to Woods Holl and 
a peep at the United States Fish Hatching Sta¬ 
tion. Or take the little Island R. R. to Edgartown, 
and after a ramble there go by the same to South 
Beach and listen to the roar of old ocean as her 
billows come rolling in for thousands of miles and 
break in sparkling gems of crystal foam at your feet. 
The one place to get these attractions is The 
Sea View House, Cottage City. Fred J. Hart, 
Proprietor. 

THE VINEYARD GROVE HOUSE. — People vis¬ 
iting Cottage City sh 11 ' ‘ 

yard Grove House, 
on Siloam Avenue, 
kept by Captain 
Joseph Dias, which 
is one of the dis¬ 
tinctive features of 
the place, uniting as 
it does the ancient 
and modern history 
of the Vineyard. 

The proprietor, Cap¬ 
tain Dias, is one of 
the oldest residents, 
and has witnessed 
the growth of the 
place into a sum¬ 
mer resort from its 
former condition as 
a resort of whalers 
and fishermen, and 
he can relate many 
stories of former 
days. The Vine¬ 
yard Grove House 
is a well-kept hotel, 
five minutes’ walk 
from the landing, and 



Gay Head Light. 






















THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


75 


directly on the line of the horse-cars which connect 
with every boat. It is only two minutes’ from the 
post-office and principal stores. The table is supplied 
with the best in the market, the vegetables being 
picked fresh every day. The Tabernacle is only a 
few steps from the doors, and the house is conducted 
on strictly temperance principles. People wishing 
to escape the noise and turmoil of the cities will find 
the Vineyard Grove House the quietest place in the 
city, and with its excellent accommodations and 
moderate prices, all that could be desired as a sum¬ 
mer residence, although the house is kept open all the 
year. Connected with the house is a first-class grocery 
and provision store where may always be found a full 
line of good things for the table. 

THE OAKWOOD. — In 1870 when Cottage City 
was known as Vineyard Grove and Oak Bluffs, Mr. 
D. W. Russell built a cottage of six rooms, with a 
dining-room with seating capacity for six people, 
and commenced to let a few rooms during the season, 
his guests getting their meals elsewhere. In 1881 
after much pressure on the part of his friends, Mr. 
Russell decid¬ 
ed to move 
the little cot¬ 
tage back on 
the rear of the 
large lot, and 
build another 
with sixteen 
rooms, and 
seating capac 
ityfor twenty- 
two people in 
the d i ni ng- 
room. This 
venture proved 
such a success 
that the little 
house was soon 
outgrown, and 
the Ballou Cot¬ 
tage in the rear 
and containing 
eleven rooms 
was bought 
and added to 
the others, 
giving what was supposed to be ample room. The 
next season demonstrated its insufficiency, and in 
1887 Vine Cottage, on Circuit Avenue* adjoining 
Oakwood Cottage, and containing twenty-five rooms 
was purchased, and a connection made between the 
two cottages, and the whole joined in front by an am¬ 
ple piazza extending the whole length, and this con¬ 
solidated house was thrown open to the public for the 
first time April 1st, 1888, under the name of “ The 
Oakwood.” Since then Mr. Russell has added the 
Herald building as an “Annex,” which gives an addi¬ 
tional twenty-four rooms, which may be used single 
or en suite. The exterior of the house is embellished 
with balconies and piazzas, and is painted in straw 
color, with white trimmings which has a peculiarly 
cool effect. The house contains fifty rooms with a 
dining-room capacity of 125, and the table is provided 
with the very best of everything in its season, and it is 
the intention of Mr. and Mrs. Russell that it shall be 
surpassed by none on the island. 

VINEYARD HAVEN.—On the west shores of Vine¬ 
yard Haven Harbor, and at its head, is the pleasant 
village of Vineyard Haven, seated on a hillside rising 


quite abruptly from the shore. It is only three miles 
from Oak Bluffs, and a concreted avenue leads the 
whole distance. Vineyard Haven is the chief place 
in the town of Tisbury, but is of no commercial im¬ 
portance except as a place where vessels that anchor 
in the harbor obtain supplies. As a summer resort 
the place is yearly becoming more popular, and its 
general attractiveness and rural appearance, together 
with the facilities for bathing and fishing in the vicin¬ 
ity, bid fair to make it more and more attractive as its 
advantages are discovered. Vineyard Haven Harbor 
is the chief haven of refuge for vessels on the North 
Atlantic Coast, and is constantly used by the multitude 
of crafts plying through Vineyard Sound. The haven 
has, however, one serious defect. It is wide open to 
the northeast, and consequently fully exposed to the 
storms from that direction, which are among the 
worst on the New England coast. The headlands at 
the mouth of the harbor, known respectively as the 
East and West Chops, are wearing away by the action 
of the waves in easterly storms, and the debris carried 
by the currents into the harbor forms shoals and has 

consequently 
lessened the 
anchorage 
area. At the 
north the har¬ 
bor is six fath¬ 
oms deep, and 
outside the 
water gradu¬ 
ally deepens to 
twelve fath¬ 
oms. Inside, 
deep water 
continues well 
up to the head 
of the harbor, 
where the 
depth is three 
and a half 
fathoms, but a 
large portion 
of the width 
is shoals not 
available for 
anchorage 
purposes. The 
area within the fifteen foot curves is 949 acres, of 
which 657 acres are deep water. The building of 
jetties from each chop and the dredging of the entire 
area, has been proposed according to plans of the 
United States Engineers and $80,000 was appro¬ 
priated to begin the work. The estimated cost of 
these improvements is about four million dollars. 
The effect would be that the harbor would be pro¬ 
tected from the northeast storirs, its anchorage area 
would be almost doubled, and the filling up of the 
upper harbor would be arrested. 

EDGARTOWN.—On a level plain along shore, and 
fronting on a deep land-locked harbor of great area, is 
the ancient village of Edgartown. It consists of two 
streets running parallel with the harbor, and the whole 
place has an old-fashioned appearance. Many of the 
dwellings are mansions of imposing size, but in the 
outskirts the streets are narrow and grass grown, lined 
with trees and bordered with low-studded dwellings. 
Here are the court house, county offices (Edgartown 
being the shire town of Duke’s County), also the custom 
house, a bank, a Congregational, a Methodist, and a 
Baptist church, all large, wooden edifices. The Town 



















76 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


Hall is an antiquated-looking structure like a superan¬ 
nuated church. Edgartown is on the easterly end of 
the island, six miles south from Cottage City, from 
where it is reached either by the railroad or by the 
beach drive. The harbor has a pleasing variety of out¬ 
line, and is connected with Katama Bay, one of the 
most beautiful bodies of water on the shores of the 
Vineyard. Edgartown is the largest place on the 
Vineyard, containing more permanent residents than 
any other community on the Island. Eastward from 
Edgartown is Chappaquiddick Island, separated from 
the main island by Edgartown Harbor and Katama 
Bay. The northeastern extremity of Chappaquiddick 
is Cape Poge on the extremity of which is a light¬ 
house. It lies low on the horizon southeasterly from 
Oak Bluffs, and by strangers is usually taken for Nan¬ 
tucket. 

Edgartown was formerly a great whaling port, the 
rival of New Bedford and Nantucket in the palmy days 
of that indus¬ 
try. 

GAY HEAD. 

—One of the 
localities on 
Martha’sVine- 
yard worth all 
the trouble of 
a journey 
thither is Gay 
Head. It is a 
lofty cliff' on 
the western 
extremity of 
the island, 
about one hun¬ 
dred and fifty 
feet in height, 
and is com¬ 
posed of folded 
strata of white, 
red, yellow, 
blue,black,and 
green clays. 

The face of the 
cliff' is precip¬ 
itous and bur¬ 
rowed with 
deep gullies, 
while at its 
base is a rocky 
shore, and hedges of rocks run out into the ocean un¬ 
derneath the waves from its foot. On the highest 
point of the cliff' is the Gay Head Light-house, fifty 
feet in height, with the finest light on the coast—a 
Fresnel lens, composed of 1,003 prisms, or pieces of 
purest glass, so arranged as to concentrate the rays at a 
vast distance, and in a clear atmosphere to show a 
brighter light at twenty miles than at a less distance. 
The inhabitants of the region about this headland are 
of Indian descent. A small wharf now affords a 
landing for steamers, and visitors are allowed to ex¬ 
amine the light and house. The opportunity to wan¬ 
der over the cliff's and inspect the varigated color 
of the clays is an occupation of which visitors never 
tire. 

KATAMA.—On the bay of the same name, is most 
beautifully situated about three miles from Edgartown, 
and overlooks the South Shore. It is reached by the 
Martha’s Vineyard railroad. There is a hotel here, the 
Mattakeset, and several residences. One of the great 
attractions is the South Shore, many visitors going down 


here every summer by rail just to see the surf wash up 
on the beach. 

THE MATTAKESET. — The Mattakeset and its 
cottages occupy a most happily chosen site. On the 
one side are the ever dancing waters of Katama Bay, 
and on the other is old ocean’s booming surf. The 
hotel is built close to the waters of Katama Bay, with 
unequaled facilities for boating, bathing, and fishing 
at its door. The Mattakeset and its cottages are upon 
grounds of considerable extent — extending from the 
bay to the ocean, in one direction — all of which is 
owned and controlled by the Katama Company, and 
its guests are secure from annoyances and intrusions 
of all kinds. Tennis courts and fine base ball grounds, 
bowling alleys and billiards in the pavilion. Bathing 
houses for guests free of charge. For the season of 
1891 the Mattakeset has been repainted and many 
improvements have been made by the proprietor. 
The hotel is supplied with pure water; is lighted by 

gas; and has 
bells for every 
room. Steam 
laundry. Mails 
twice daily. 
Telegra phic 
com muni ca¬ 
tion with 
mainland. No 
flies, mosqui¬ 
toes or other 
pests All 
kinds of sea 
food—bluefish, 
swordfish, 
bass and lob¬ 
sters — are 
caught within 
sight of the 
hotel and are 
served in every 
style. The 
fruits, meats, 
etc., come 
from the best 
Boston mar¬ 
kets; the 
lambs,poultry, 
milk, cream 
and vegetables 
are mainly sup¬ 
plied by the hotel farm. The table will, at all times, 
be maintained at a high standard of excellence. 
Rooms $2.50 to $3.50 per day according to location. 
Special rates for the season. Address, Geo. A. 
Jencks, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Ma*s. 

KATAMA BUILDING LOTS. — Katama is beau¬ 
tifully adapted for summer residences and there are a 
number of cottages here at present. About 600 acres 
along the bay and overlooking the south shore are 
now available for cottage building. For bathing the 
Katama Beaches are unsurpassed, since as the gulf 
stream runs nearer to the Bay than to any other por¬ 
tion of the New England Coast, the waters are 
always of a high temperature, and are also perfectly 
safe and still. Katama, under its new management, 
is becoming one of the most popular places on the 
coast, and already a demand for choice lots has sprung 
up. If you desire an exceptionally fine location ap¬ 
ply early. Address, Joseph M. Wardwell, Treasurer 
and General Manager Martha’s Vineyard Railroad, 
Cottage City, Mass. 





Mattakeset Lodge, Katama, Martha’s Vineyard. 













THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


77 


NANTUCKET. 




Thirty miles south from the outer shores of Cape 
Cod, and about fifteen miles distant in a southeasterly 
direction from Martha’s Vineyard lies the wave-worn 
island of Nantucket, a veritable sand heap amid the 
was.e of waters. In no part of the island does the 
land rise to ioo feet, the ocean is continually gnawing 
at its sandy 
shores; and, 
subjected to 
the influence 
of the conflict¬ 
ing ocean cur¬ 
rents, the sand 
from its beach¬ 
es is in some 
places being 
carried out into 
the sea, there 
forming shoals 
and bars while 
in other places 
the substance 
of the sub¬ 
merged land is 

returned again to the shores of the island, which is there 
advancing into the ocean. All around the island, but 
particularly on the south, are extensive shoals, and 
they extend also in the direction of Martha’s Vine¬ 
yard, making probable the opinion that in the geologi¬ 
cal ages these islands and the adjacent sea bottoms 
formed either a large island or a portion of the con¬ 
tinent. An old tradition of the Nantucket Indians 
was to the effect that their island extended southward 
twenty miles further than its present limits, and about 
the extent of the outermost shoals. At present the 
southeast corner of the island is steadily growing out 
into the ocean, caused by the accumulation of sand 
there, forced landward from the shoals, by the meet¬ 
ing of the tides from opposite sides of the island, 
which as they vary in their rise and fall from one to 
two hours, rush 
together here 
with much 
force. The ex¬ 
panse of water 
between Nan¬ 
tucket, Cape 
Cod, and Mar¬ 
tha’s Vineyard, 
is known as 
Nantucket 
Sound, and 
forms the ves¬ 
tibule to the 
comparatively 
narrow Vine¬ 
yard Sound. 

Nantucket is 
about fifteen 
miles in length 
from the “cut 

oft'” at Smith’s Point to Siasconset Clifts, and varies 
in width from six and a half miles at Siasconset, 
the widest place, to a stone’s throw at either “ Point” 
the width being the same in scarcely any two places. 
The highest point is Macy’s Hill, in the middle eastern 
part, ninety-one feet above the sea level. On the 
south there is a succession of ponds. These increase 


The Landing Place, Nantucket. 


in size till you come to Long Pond, near Maddequet 
Harbor, at the west end, which is three miles long, 
and reaches nearly across the island. These ponds 
abound in fish, and in many cases, have a stratum of 
peat beneath their waters. 

The harbor on the north side of the island is seven 

miles long, 
averaging one 
and a quarter 
in width, and 
has an area of 
about one hun¬ 
dred acres of 
good anchor¬ 
age, where the 
depth is from 
nine to eigh¬ 
teen feet at 
m e a^n 1 o w 
water. It ex¬ 
tends along the 
inner edge of 
the island on 
the northeast, 

being separated from the outer waters by a long, nar¬ 
row, sandy peninsula, called Coatue. The entrance 
to this long bay is about half a mile wide and lies 
between Brant Point on the west, a low sandy pro¬ 
jection, and the extremity of Coatue peninsula on the 
east. The town sits on the bluffs southward along 
shore from Brant Point, and faces directly up the 
harbor, the anchorage ground being that portion of 
the entire basin directly in front of the town. At 
the further extremity, at what is called the Head of 
the Harbor, a narrow sand bar is the only separation 
between it and the ocean, and is called the “Haul- 
over,” from the fact that fishermen can bring their 
boats over, instead of sailing around Great Point. 
The upper part of the harbor is used only for boats 
and shallow keels. To reach it from the outer waters 

it is necessary 
to pass over 
the celebrated 
bar, where 
there is less 
than seven feet 
of water at low 
tide. Two 
jetties are now 
in process of 
■ construction by 
the national 
government, 
one from Coa¬ 
tue peninsula 
and one from 
.the shore half 
a mile outside 


On the Beach at Nantucket. 


of Brant Point, 
which, when 
completed, it 

is believed, will so direct the currents as to keep a 
clear channel fifteen feet deep at low water. 

The visitor is apt to expect the town of Nantucket 
to be nothing more than an ordinary fishing village, 
but it is a city in appearance, of rather an old- 
fashioned character, it is true, but with paved streets, 
well shaded with fine trees, lined with substantial 













,8 


THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


business buildings and residences, lighted with gas 
and supplied with the modem conveniences. The 
chief streets are paved with cobble stones, and the 
sidewalks with concrete or large flags. Many of the 
houses have a spacious and aristocratic air, evidently 
having been planned by sea-captains who desired to 
compensate themselves for their confined quarters on 
ship-board by a proportionate extension of their 
domain on land. The Grecian temple is the favorite 
style of architecture for the larger houses. A little 
off from the principal streets, and especially in the 
older parts of the town, the houses are chiefly 
unpainted, and are shingled all over. Many of them 
have look-outs or “walks” on their roofs, from 
which the occupants can overlook the town, the 
island, and the waters. Some are adorned with 
vanes, a whale, or some kind of fish, being the favor¬ 
ite emblem. Fine trees abound on the streets, and 
these, with fruitful grape-vines, make attractive the 
gardens and grounds. 

An amusing feature of Nantucket is the survival of 
the old custom of desseminating news or making pub¬ 
lic or business’announcements by a town crier, who 


that day all other business was suspended, and, early 
though it was in the season, the great harvest of the 
year was gathered. But sheep-raising as a business, 
in Nantucket, has had one, and one only, successful 
rival, namely, whaling. 

No people in the world achieved so high a reputa¬ 
tion for ability and success in the whaling business as 
the sailors of Nantucket. The island has been called 
and for a long period was indeed, the “ home of the 
whale-fishery, oft'shore whale-fishing having begun as 
early as 1868. Soon after the beginning of the eight¬ 
eenth centu-y more venturesome voyages were under ¬ 
taken, and in 1775 Nantucket had 150 whaling vessels 
manned by 2,500 out of a population of 4,500. The 
Revolution and the war of 1812 injured the business 
greatly, but a gradual revival took place, and in 1841, 
there were about one hundred ships employed, manned 
by four thousand men, of which one thousand, the offi¬ 
cers, the best seamen and the captains, were Nantuck¬ 
eters. But other whaling ports were growing in 
importance, and the great fall in prices in 1842 and 
1843, the great fire of 1846, and the taking away of 
many of the most energetic of the young men in 1849 



Nantucket, Mass. 


promenades the chief streets, ringing a bell, tooting 
on a fish horn, and bawling at the top of his voice the 
subject matter of his announcement, but usually with 
such thickness of utterance and volume of sound that 
unless you follow him up it would be hard to discover 
what all the uproar is about. There are three of these 
functionaries, and happily for the welfare of the sum¬ 
mer visitors not more than one breaks lose at a time. 
Another peculiar feature of business life on the island 
is the prevalence of auctions, usually held on the 
Square, and which deal with all kinds of commodities, 
“meat auctions” being especially popular. These 
auctions are the favorite announcements of the town 
criers. The bell of the South Church is rung every 
day by “ the watch,” who is usually one of the town 
criers, at 7 a. m., T2 m., and 9 p. M.,the last indicat¬ 
ing to the towns people that bed time has come, and 
its admonition at all times of the year except in sum¬ 
mer is observed implicitly. 

From the earliest times the people of Nantucket 
have largely depended on sheep-raising as the most 
effectual means of securing the scanty products of the 
soil. During the time of business prosperity thousands 
of sheep dotted the hills and plains and roamed at their 
own sweet will over pretty much the whole island. 
In the month of June the sheep were gathered on 
Miacomet plain, east of the pond, to be sheared. On 


by the discovery of gold in California, all helped along 
the decadence of the business in Nantucket, which 
gradually dwindled until in 1870 the last vessel sailed 
from the port. 

Nantucket is the name of a county, a township, an 
Island, and a town. As a county and a township it is 
the same, embracing the main island. Tuckernuck, 
Muskeget, the two Gravelly Islands, and, when cut oft' 
by the sea, Smith’s Point Island. On the island is the 
town itself, the village of Siasconset, the summer re¬ 
sorts of Surfside and Wauwinet, and many separately 
named localities or districts, as Coatue, Squam, Quaise, 
Polpis, North Pasture, Middle Pasture and South Pas¬ 
ture, the Plains, Maddequet and Great neck. During 
the summer a little steamer runs every day to Wau¬ 
winet and the head of the harbor. 

’SCONSET AND THE SOUTH SHORE.—As soon 
as the stranger lands on the island he will notice 
on the steamboat wharf the station of the Nantucket 
Railroad. This is a narrow-gauge track and runs 
across the island to the south shore, and then along 
the shore easterly to the village of Siasconset, a dis¬ 
tance in all of about nine miles. It was built in 1880 
as far as Surfside on the south shore, and in 1884 was 
extended to Siasconset. No visit to Nantucket is com¬ 
plete without a trip on this road. After passing Surf¬ 
side the road runs within a few feet of the shore for 





THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


79 


six miles, affording a continuous view of the magnifi¬ 
cent surf always breaking upon the coast, while out at 
sea the white foam curling over the “rips” or 
exposed shoals adds much to the effect. At the end 
of the line the village of Siasconset is reached, or as 
it is usually written and spoken ’Sconset. It consists 
of a colL ction of about fifty diminutive cottages on the 
summit of a high bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. 
They are grouped close together, arranged along 
short, narrow by-ways, with pretentious names as 
streets, and are all so small that the ridge-poles are 
only ten or twelve feet from the ground, while the 
eaves are only four or five feet in height. Like the 
houses in the town they are shingled all over. The 
effect is that of a community of dwarf houses, and 
everything is in keeping with the idea. The village 
had its origin about two hun¬ 
dred years ago, the first houses 
being built as shelters for the 
fishermen from the town, and 
then gradually developed into 
permanent abodes. The squat, 
low-seated form of the houses 
was probably adopted as afford¬ 
ing less resistance to the strong 
winds that often prevail here, 
and against which no natural 
shelter was afforded. Inter¬ 
nally the houses are fitted up 
with a close resemblance to 
ships. 

Since 1880 the place has 
come into prominence as a sum¬ 
mer resort, and a number to 
residences much in contrast of 
the ancient dwellings have been 
erected in the vicinity. A few 
of these have been modeled 
after the old houses, but the 
majority are modern structures. 

The excellent sea-bathing here 
is one of the decided charms 
of the place, while sea-fishing 
which is the every-day business 
of the native inhabitants, is 
the great sport of summer visi¬ 
tors. 

A mile and a half along the 
bluff northward from Siascon¬ 
set is Sankaty Head, the eastern 
most point of the island, the 
spot first seen by Gosnold in 
1602, itself eighty-five feet above 
the sea, and holding a light 
sixty-five feet above the bluff'. There are many other 
interesting localities on the island that are worthy of a 
visit if one has leisure, places connected with the 
local history of the island or its Indian traditions and 
history. 

“THE SPRINGFIELD” is the oldest established 
Summer Hotel on the Island of Nantucket. In addi¬ 
tion to the merits of the Springfield, one of the princi¬ 
pal considerations which makes it a favorite hotel and 
summer home for visitors is its great convenience to 
all those attractions which makes Nantucket famous. 

The harbor of Nantucket is nearly land-locked. Its 
shores are of whitest sands smooth, hard, and pol¬ 
ished. These sandy beaches are left bare for hours 
when the tide recedes, and become heated by the sum¬ 
mer sun, so that when the tide returns, the waters are 
deliciously warmed for bathing. The harbor bathing 


is entirely safe, so that children and women may sport 
in the waters here with absolute certainty of no mishap 
befalling. The surf bathing is in perfection in other 
parts of the Island and offers attractions for the strong, 
or experts in ocean pastimes. 

The principal features of the quaint old town are 
still preserved and it remains the wonder and the 
delight of visitors. 

Delightful drives over moors and gently swelling 
hills are afforded in every part of the island, and the 
trip by carriage or on foot from the Springfield is en¬ 
livened by the grand views of Old Ocean continually 
afforded from ever-varying standpoints. 

On the south-east point of the island, Siasconset 
(called ’Sconset), from a small fishermen’s hamlet is a 
favorite objective point for visitors. From Wauwinet a 


few miles away, shark-fishing is conducted, an aquatic 
sport almost unknown except in this locality, and very 
popular with visitors of both sexes to Nantucket. 

There is an abundance of sport upon the water,— 
fishing in the ocean around the island, in the inner 
harbor, and in the extensive fresh-water ponds or lakes ; 
and a large fleet of sailboats is ever ready to take par¬ 
ties. 

The Main House, which has been enlarged this year 
to accommodate the increasing patronage, is kept 
open the year round. It has all the conveniences 
usually found in a first-class hotel, having closets with 
running water on every floor. It is lighted by both 
gas and electricity, heated by steam, and has electric 
bells in every room. 

In the annexes, of which there are two, extensive 
improvements have been made for the season of 1S91. 




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They are lighted by gas, and have running water on 
every floor. During the past year electric bells have 
been put in, connecting them with the main office. 

The Dining Room is entirely separate from the 
other houses—avoiding all the noise necessary in this 
department. It is lighted by electricity, which keeps 
the room as cool evenings as during the day. The 
cuisine and service is first-cLss in every respect. 

The hotel is connected by telephone with two first- 


class Livery Stables, Telegraph Office and the other 
principal hotels. 

There is a first-class laundry connected with 
the hotel. 

The terms are $2.50 to $3.50 per day, according to 
location of room, with special rates for the season or 
for June and September. Further information will 
be promptly furnished on application to Charles H. 
Mowry, proprietor. 



THE SURF SIDE. — This well appointed hotel 
will open July 1st, 1891, under entirely new manage¬ 
ment. Located on the South Shore, miles from 
the town proper, via narrow gauge railway, its situa¬ 
tion is unsurpassed—built a short distance from the 
sea and commanding on three sides from its broad 
piazzas magnificent views of the ocean in all its gran¬ 
deur of rolling surf and changing moods. To the 
north-east a delightful country view of the moors, 
dotted with w ild flowers and the quaint old town of 
Nantucket as a back-ground. 

Bathing, boating, blue-fishing and driving are some 

THE VERANDA HOUSE. — In the quaint old 
town of Nantucket, replete as it is with the relics and 
memories of the days when our whaling ships were 
numerous in every sea, and where may be found that 
l'epose and quiet which are so eagerly sought by the 
tired brain-workers from office and school, a short 
distance back from the landing of the steamer from 
New Bedford and the terminus of the Nantucket rail¬ 
way, and just sufficiently removed from the main 
street to completely escape its noise and bustle, is the 
Veranda House, conducted by Mrs. S. G. Daven¬ 
port. It is a large, home-like hotel, which, by its 
admirable location on the high land ovei'looking the 
harbor, and the unvarying courtesy of the present 
management, has become a favorite sojourning place 
for numerous people who there enjoy the invigorating 
sea breezes, the luxury of the bathing-beach, the con¬ 
veniences of a first-class hotel and the comforts of a 


of the attractions, and a haven of rest to those suffering 
from Insomnia or Hay-fever. Electric lights, electric 
bells, telephone, billiards, swings and lawn tennis are 
among the improvements. Also thoroughly renovated, 
newly furnished last season and an absolutely perfect 
system of plumbing and drainage was introduced. 

The proprietors feel convinced that their ten years 
experience in Nantucket as caterers will insure their 
guests of a continuance of their homelike and abundant 
table, well served. Rates are fro 11 $3.00 to $3.50. 
The house is under the management of James Patter¬ 
son & Son. 

home, at a price which brings it within the reach of 
people of moderate means who desire needed i*est or 
recreation. The house is charmingly situated on a 
hillside, and from its roomy verandas which extend 
around three sides on each story may be had beautiful 
views of the har< or, with its breakwater and ship¬ 
ping, the ocean beyond and nearly all of the islands, 
and where a cool breeze and welcome shade may 
always be found, with easy chairs and hammocks for 
rest and comfort to the overwoi'ked and the suffering 
victim of nerves. The pleasant airy rooms, supplied 
with tasteful furniture and comfortable beds, perfect 
sanitary arrangements and a table plentifully supplied 
with the best in the market, combine to render the 
Veranda House all that could be desired as a summer 
home. 

The house contains eighty rooms and can accom¬ 
modate 150 guests. 









Chapter IV. 

BOSTON HARBOR TO PORTLAND. 

Boston —Nantasket— Downer's Landing — Melville Garden — Wjnthrop— Revere Beaches : Crescent Beach, 
Point of Pines, Oak Island — Lynn - Nahant — Swampscott — Marblehead — Salem — Cape Ann — Beverly 
Farms — Manchester-by-th e-Sea — Magnolia—Gloucester— Rockport — Pigion Cove — Lands End — New- 
buryport — Salisbury Beach — Hampton Beach —Rye Beach — Portsmouth — Isles of Shoals — Kittery — 
York Beach — Wells Be ach— Krnnebunkport — Old Orchard —Prout's Neck — Pine Point. 



Statue of Lief Erricson, Boston. 


Boston is a very convenient starting point for many 
resorts along the coast. By the lines of the Boston & 
Maine Railroad every town and city and nearly every 
beach between Boston and Portland can readily be 
reached, while the Old Colony by its numerous lines 
and branches penetrates to every nook and corner of 
Cape Cod and Southern Massachusetts. Numerous 
steamers also ply between Boston and summer resorts 
on Boston Harbor and the adjacent coasts, and palatial 
vessels make trips to Bar Harbor, the Maine coast and 
the British Provinces. 

The early history of Boston is the most interesting 
of that of any American city. Its history leads out to 
and largely includes that of the whole of New England, 
and if it is not the “ Hub of the Universe,” as Dr. 
Holmes has styled it, certainly it is the centre of a 
large section of American life, and the influences in 


the domains of literature and art diverging from Bos¬ 
ton have been greater than from any other American 
city. 

Probably to a greater extent than any other Ameri¬ 
can city does Boston possess buildings and places of 
historic interest. These were far more numerous in 
the recent past than at present, but have been swept 
away by the widening of streets, by fire, by various 
improvements, or by the ravages of time. Still those 
that remain are second to no historic mementoes on 
the American Continent, and they are objects of 
instruction and interest to all intelligent visitors, 
whether foreigners or natives. 

But not only are the historic places and buildings 
interesting. Those that are connected intimately with 
the present and recent life in vital ways possess an 
interest to many greater than the others. The Com¬ 
mon which is one of the chief features of the city is 
the best place to make the headquarters of any 
voyages of discovery, whether on foot into Boston 
itself or by horse-car into the remoter sections or the 
surrounding suburbs. With the adjoining Public 
Gardens it constitutes one of the finest parks to be 
found anywhere in the centre of a large city, and is 
so situated that all the objects and regions of interest 
can more readily be reached from it by the stranger 
than from any other place. 

The principal places of historical interest in the 
central part of the city are :—The Old Granary Bury¬ 
ing Ground, King’s Chapel and Burying Ground, all 
on Tremont Street, the Old South Church, corner of 
Milk and Washington streets, famous as the scene ot 
many of the Revolutionary meetings ; the Old State 
House, on Washington Street at the head of State 
Street, which was built in 1748, the entire second 
floor, the attic and the cupola now being occupied by 
an interesting collection of antiquities, portraits, and 
engravings under the care of the Bostonian Society, 
the exhibition is free and open at seasonable hours 
every day except Sundays and holidays; Faneuil 
Hall, the “ cradle of liberty,” in and around which so 
many stirring events have occurred, where the citizens 
of Boston have assembled in times of popular excite¬ 
ment, and the voices of many great orators, both local 
and national, have been heard from its platform. The 
building is open to visitors free of charge. Other 
points of interest in this part of the city, are the City 
Hall, the Custom House, the magnificent Post-Office, 
the newspaper offices, the theatres, the great retail 
stores and the busiest sections of the city on Washing¬ 
ton and Tremont and intersecting streets. 

The finest locality in Boston at present is the Back 
Bay District. Originally it was a salt marsh, where 
the tide formerly ebbed and flowed over shallow flats, 
broad avenues bordered by stately residences, magnifi¬ 
cent churches, museums, libraries, hotels, club houses, 
and public institutions now exist, and here the wealth, 
culture and fashion of the city is congregated. The 







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chief points of interest to a visitor in this section are : 
Boston Natural History Museum, to which admission 
is free Wednesdays and Saturdays; Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology; Museum of Fine Arts, 
admission free Saturdays and Sundays; Trinity 
Church, New Old South Church, the new Public 
Library building, and many others. Commonwealth 
Avenue, running through the centre of the Back Bay, 
is 240 feet wide with a pathway in the middle in 
which are statues of William Lloyd Garrison, General 
John Glover, Alexander Hamilton and Lief, the 
Norseman. 

Before the Back Bay was filled in and became the 
fashionable residence quarter of the city, the region 
between Beacon and Leverett streets and extending 
from Scollay Square to the Charles River was the 
abode of the wealthy and fashionable. It was known 
as the West End, and although that term now includes 
the Back Bay too, this region is in distinction often 
called the Old West End. That portion of it on the 
slopes of Beacon Hill still contains numerous fine 
residences, and is the abode of many old Boston 
families and substantial middle-class people. It in¬ 
cludes the whole of Beacon Hill, and has many steep 
hill-side streets. The literary life of Boston centered 
hei'e in the past, and some of the famous books that 
made the reputation of the city as an intellectual centre 
were written here. The historians, Prescott, Motley, 
and Parkman, the genial and versatile Dr. Oliver 
Wendell Holmes, Richard Henry Dana and Charles 
Sumner, all lived and worked in this locality. At 
present the locality is the home of many of the best 
known writers, preachers, jurists, and representative 
men in the city. This is one of the finest sections of 
the city for the stranger to roam through. It has 
neither the stateliness and wealth of architecture found 
in the Back Bay, nor the squallor, dinginess and shab¬ 
biness to be found at the North End and South Cove, 
but is characterized by a substantial, solid, complete 
appearance, that to many has a greater charm than the 
magnificence of the new houses of the Back Bay. 

That region of Boston lying between the mouth of 
the Charles River and a line drawn from Faneuil Hall 
to the Boston and Maine passenger station is known 
as the North end. It is the noi-th end of the penin¬ 
sula, and the name is therefore very appropriate. 

That portion of Boston south of Dover Street, and 
east of the Back Bay and extending south to the Rox- 
bury district, is commonly known as the South End. 
Of public institutions the South End has the English 
High and Latin School, on Dartmouth and Montgom¬ 
ery streets and Warren Avenue; the Girls’ High 
School, on Newton Street; the New England Con¬ 
servatory of Music, on Franklin Square ; the buildings 
of Boston College, Harrison Avenue, Boston City 
Hospital, Harrison Avenue, Boston University, School 
of Medicine, and ' assachusetts Homoeopathic Hos¬ 
pital on East Conco d Street, and many others. 

South Boston is a peninsula stretching out into 
Boston Harbor and lies eastward from the South 
End. It was originally known as Dorchester Neck, 
and was v the limits of the town of that name until 
in 1804 it yvas joined to Boston. The entire pen¬ 
insula is covered with residences and is one of the 
chief sections of the city. There are several notable 
public institutions in South Boston, the most famous 
of which is the Perkins’ Institution and Massachusetts 
School for the Blind ; the Boston Lunatic Hospital, 
First Street; the Carnev Hospital, Old Harbor Street, 
a worthy Catholic institution ; the School for Idiotic 
and Feeble Minded Children. At City Point, the 


extremity of the peninsula, are many saloons, restau¬ 
rants, small inns, and landing-stages where boats and 
yachts may be hired for harbor-trips. Here, also, is 
the Boston Yacht Club’s house. City Point looks 
right out on the harbor and the numerous islands and 
hundreds of yachts have their moorings here. The 
seaward extremity of City Point, has been devoted to 
the purpose of a marine park. It at present embraces 
about forty acres of beaches and adjoining lands. An 
iron pier has already been constructed more than a 
thousand feet in length, and it is still being built 
further out into the water. The original plan of the 
park involves the use of Castle Island, which lies out 
in the harbor a short distance off the Point, and 
would require the extension of the pier to that island 
and the filling in of the intervening flats to some ex¬ 
tent. 

To the north-east of Boston, across the Harbor, is 
East Boston. The territory it occupies is an island and 
was originally known by the name of Noddles Island. 
In 1830 it was annexed to Boston and has developed 
into one of the most populous parts of the city. 

Eastward across the mouth of the Charles River from 
Boston is Charlestown, which was an independent 
municipality until 1873, when it was annexed to Bos¬ 
ton. The principal attractions for visitors in Charles¬ 
town are the Bunker Hill Monument and the Navy 
Yard. The Bunker Hill Monument is 221 feet high, 
and is built of Quincy granite. It is easily reached 
from the centre of the city by street cars. The United 
States Navy Yard is situated almost at the foot of 
Bunker Hill. 

The city of Roxbury was annexed to Boston in 1867 
at which time it had a population of 30,000. It is sit¬ 
uated directly south of the main portion of Boston and 
originally was at the mainland extremity of Boston 
Neck, bordering on the South Bay. Roxbury con¬ 
tains many beautiful localities. It has broad, shaded 
streets and many beautiful residences. Roxbury high¬ 
lands are especially beautiful and attractive. The West 
Roxbury District is the most rural portion of the city, 
and contains within its limits the larger part of the 
new system of public parks, Franklin Park, the Ar¬ 
nold Arboretum, and Jamaica Pond. Here are also 
located Forest Hill, Mount Hope and Mount Calvary 
Cemeteries. Jamaica Plain, a picturesque suburban 
locality, is a portion of the West Roxbury District. 

The southeast portion of Boston lying along Dor¬ 
chester Bay, and east of Roxbury, is the Dorchester 
District. It is a diversified tract of counti’y abounding 
with hill and dale, and has been for years one of the 
most important of the many beautiful suburban resi¬ 
dence localities in Boston. 

The most extreme eastern part of the present terri¬ 
tory of Boston is the Brighton District. It is reached 
through the Back Bay by Beacon Street and the con¬ 
tinuation of Commonwealth Avenue, along the Bank 
of the Charles River, and lies south of Cambridge. 
Brighton was formerly a part of Cambridge, but was 
set off as a separate town in 1807. It became a part 
of the city in 1873. There are many beautiful locali¬ 
ties in Brighton, its streets are pleasant and shady, 
and many of its avenues afford pleasant drives. Along 
Beacon Street over the u Mill dam” and the Brighton 
Road has always been a favorite drive for Boston peo¬ 
ple. 

Boston has an admirable system of public parks. 
The Common and Public Garden, with many minor 
parks supply the central part of the city. An elabo¬ 
rate general system of parks with connecting parkways 
extending from the Public Garden, through Common- 


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Scenes at Nantasket, One of Boston’s Great Popular Shore R ,orts. 


wealth Avenue to the Back Bay Park, thence to Ja¬ 
maica Pond and the Arnold Arboretum in Roxbury ; 
thence to Franklin Park, and finally by Columbia and 
Boston streets, across Dorchester and along the shore 
of Dorchester Bay to the Marine Park at City Point, 
South Boston, is contemplated and already largely 
accomplished. The largest and most important of 
the new parks is Franklin Park, situated in the West 
Roxbury District. It contains 518 acres and has a 
great diversity of surface within its limits. 

On the flats at the west end of the Back Bay Dis¬ 
trict, are the Back Bay Fens, reclaimed from the pre¬ 
viously existing salt marsh, and into which the tides 
from the Charles River still flow, while the waters of 
Muddy River flow through them. 


In 188 r the Legislature author' d the construction 
of a parkway 200 feet wide alon 0 the Charles River 
from Leverett Street where Cragie’s Bridge crosses 
the river to Cottage Farm bridge, a distar.ceof almost 
three miles. So far only that portion between Cragie’s 
Bridge and the West Boston Bridge at Cambridge 
Street has been completed. Here the embankment is 
now laid out with walks, drives, paths and ornamented 
with shrubbery and turf. An outdoor gymnasium has 
also been established here. 

The most important independent community in the 
vicinity of Boston is the city of Cambridge. While 
the neighboring and adjoining cities of Charlestown 
and Roxbury have found it to their interest to become 
integral parts of the great city, Cambridge although 

































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THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


as closely connected by physical conditions has so far 
chosen to remain apart. Nevertheless for all practical 
purposes of business or pleasure Cambridge is essen¬ 
tially a part of that great community the larger portion 
of which is now included under the name of Boston, 
and is so despite the fact of a separate municipal gov¬ 
ernment. Cambridge’s principal claim to distinction 
is that Harvard University is here located. Within 
its limits also is Mount Auburn ; the first of the kind 
and the model for all ‘‘rural cemeteries” in the coun¬ 
try. The Washington Elm, on Garden Street, south 
side of the Common is one of the features of Cambridge 
that visitors are always anxious 10 see. “Under this 
tree Washington first took command of the American 
Army, July 3, 1775.” 

Situated at the mouth of the Mystic River, just 
north of Ea*t Boston and Cambridge, and across the 
harbor from Boston is the city of Chelsea. A ferry 
connects Boston with Chelsea. Like the other places 
in the near neighborhood of Boston, it is a residence 
section for people who work there, and its quiet streets 
and excellent situation adapts it very well for this pur¬ 
pose. 

The development of Boston as a great commercial 
city, whatever stimulus it has received from other 
sources, has been very largely owing to the fact that it 
is situated on a splendid harbor. Its approaches are 
easy and safe, there is ample width and depth at the 
various entrances, while the different roadsteads afford 
safe harborage and anchorage ground. The “ interior 
water space is large, but is divided by chains of 
islands into basins which offer sufficient room for the 
heaviest ships to ride freely at anchor and sufficient 
tranquillity for the frailest fishing boat.” Boston Har- 
b or ircludes Dorchester, Quincy, and Hingham Bays 
and the lesser ports of Chelsea, Cambridge, Milton, 
Quincy, Weymouth, and Hingham are all situated on 
it. The greatest length of the harbor is about ten 
miles and its width five miles. Between the wharves 
of Boston and the sea there are seventy-five islands 
and islets, fifty notable projections of the mainland 
with bays between them, some of which are the 
mouths of streams and there are a great many shoals 
and reefs which are exposed or upon which the sea 
breaks at low water. 

NANTASKET BEACH.— The most popular sea¬ 
shore resort in the vicinity of Boston is Nantasket 
which has gained its reputation by a rare combination 
of nature and art. The beach is a stretch of shore four 
miles in length situated on the seaward side of a 
narrow peninsula which extends from the mainland of 
Plymouth County to the main entrance into Boston 
Harbor, and is a great natural breakwater enclosing 
the whole southern portion of the harbor. There are 
many summer hotels and residences on the peninsula, 
and the place affords unlimited opportunities for 
recreation either to permanent sojourners or transient 
visitors. 

The beach is one of the most beautiful in New 
England. The surf rolls in unbroken by rock or 
barrier for the whole distance of four miles. At high 
tide the water comes nearly to the steps of the build¬ 
ings which stand along the shore ; at low tide a dozen 
carriages may drive abreast upon the broad sands. 
The slope of the beach is exceedingly gentle and 
uniform, there is no undertow, and the bathing is per¬ 
fectly safe. At the north the peninsula ends in a rocky 
promontory, Point Allerton, and then extends west¬ 
ward for a mile or more in a knob-shaped hilly mass. 
Here is the little seaside village of Hull about which 
and its inhabitants many quaint stories are told. 


From Boston, Nantasket can be reach d either by 
rail or steamer. By the former way, starting from the 
Old Colony Station on Kneeland Street, the road runs 
for several miles near the shores of the harbor and 
passes through a picturesque county replete with his¬ 
torical associations. At Braintree the track divides, 
and the South Shore branch passes through Weymouth 
and Hingham. Eighteen miles from Boston it con¬ 
nects with the Nantasket Beach Railroad, which runs 
the entire length of the promontory, its terminus being 
at Windmill Point, near Hotel Pemberton The trip 
from Boston this way is made in about forty-five 
minutes. The most enjoyable way, however, to go to 
Nantasket is by boat as thereby one has an opportun¬ 
ity of observing the beauties of Boston Harbor, pass¬ 
ing among the many islands and obtaining fine views 
of the city. South and East Boston. 

A delightful drive may be enjoyed along the Jerusa¬ 
lem road, from the South Shore to Nantasket, through 
a picturesque country, diversified by hill and valley, 
rock and lawn, with frequent charming glimpses of 
the sea. 

DOWNER LANDING is a popular excursion re¬ 
sort, picturesquely situated on a point at the mouth 
of Hingham Harbor. It is one of the regular landings 
for the steamers to Nantasket. At the head of the pier 
is a large hotel, the Rose Standish House, and on the 
hill beyond are many pretty summer cottages. The 
natural attractions here have bee 1 largely supplemented 
by improvements, nearly half a million dollars having 
been spent on the grounds and surroundings since 
1870. As a result the place is one of the most 
attractive on Boston Harbor. 

MELVILLE GARDEN is really an annex of 
Downer Landing, a-> it is reached by a covered walk 
450 feet long leading from the Rose Standish House. 
It contains about twenty acres of groves, shrubbery, 
hills, and ponds, provided with all manner of means 
for summer enjoyment and comfort. Pavilions and 
arbors are found in all the pleasant nooks, numerous 
boats float on the ponds, while there are bowling 
alleys, shooting galleries, flying horses, circular rail¬ 
ways, swings and other popular sources of amusement. 
Many societies make Melville Garden their Mecca on 
their summer pilgrimages. Here clam-dinners are 
served after the Rhode Island fashion. 

WINTHROP is a beautiful peninsula that forms 
the northern side of the outer portion of Boston Har¬ 
bor. It is within five miles from the centre of Boston 
and is reached by the trains of the Boston, Winthrop 
and .Shore Railroad. This railroad forms a loop, run¬ 
ning around the peninsula and returning to the starting 
point Winthrop Junction, where connection is made 
with the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad. 
Trains run around the loop in both directions from the 
Junction, and stop at nine stations, so that every part 
of the peninsula is within a few minutes walk of the 
railroad. During the summer half-hourly trips are 
made. Winthrop contains 820 assessed acres, and has 
a water frontage of eight miles. The town ranks ninth 
among the 348 cities and towns in the State of Massa¬ 
chusetts as regards valuation per capita, and the per¬ 
centage of illiterates is one of the lowest in the State, 
being but 1.77. Ninety-seven per cent, of Winthrop 
resident real-estate owners are American-born. The 
death rate of Winthrop is one of the lowest in the 
State. Being nearly free from manufactures,—there 
being only one employing about twenty hands, — 
Winthrop is a very desirable place of residence, for 
people doing business in Boston. 





Great Head, Winthrop, Mass. 


VVinthrop’s progress and growth during the past 
seven years have been very rapid and marked. Three 
hundred and seventy three dwellings have been built, 
—an increase of 90 per cent. But two other towns in 
Massachusi tts have equaled this growth in the same 
period. Four churches have bten erected, making 
the whole number seven. The school accommoda¬ 
tions have been trebled ; pure water for domestic use 
and fire protection has been introduced,—a pressure of 
seventy-five pounds rendering fire engines unneces¬ 
sary. An efficient fire department and an electric fire 
alarm system have been established. The streets are 
lighted by electricity, which is also supplied for house 
service. The circuit line of the Boston, Winthrop & 
Shore Line Railroad is now in perfect running order, 
half hourly trains are run and stops are made at the 
nine stations of Pleasant Street, Ingalls, Winthrop 
Centre, Thornton, Winthrop Beach, Shirley, Ocean 
Spray, Highlands and Cherry Street. A s\ stem of 
sewerage has been provided for that section of the 
town which requires drainage. These improvements 
have been carried out with a tax rate averaging for the 
seven years $11.76 per thousand.. During the past ten 
years the percentage of debt to valuation has decreased 
from .078 to 019. No revenue from liquor license 
has contributed to this result, the total number of votes 
cast in favor of license during the past-six years being 
fifteen, and against license, 1,371. Winthrop being 
situated on the north side of Boston Harbor, and 
within the influence of the ocean currents, which 
remain at about the same temperature throughout the 
year, has an atmosphere at least in 15 0 cooler in sum¬ 
mer, and 5 0 warmer in winter, than places ten miles 
inland. Point Shirley the extremity of the peninsula 
of Winthrop is just across a narrow strait from 
Deer Island where the penal institutions and the alms¬ 
house of the city of Boston are located. 


Seashore Cottages 

AT WIN THROP, MASS., 

FOR SALE OR TO LET, 

Geo. L. Wadsworth, 

209 Washington Street, 


Rogers’ Building, 


Boston, Mass. 


AGENT FOR THE 


Sale of Building Lots at winmrop Hlgmands. 

For those who delight in marine and landscape scenery, 
Winthrop Highlands cannot be excelled. It is one of the 
most attractive seashore resorts on the Massachusetts 
Coast. It is rapidly increasing in value and 
population. Its fine residences, broad 
avenues and frequent trains to Boston, 
make it particularly desirable for 

BUSINESS MEN 

Who wish to spend the Summer at the Beach, and attend to 
business daily. 

At present, these lots can be purchased at most reasonable 
prices, on extremely easy terms. 

Send for Descriptive Catalogue. 


























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THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


THE REVERE BEACHES. — The long stretch 
of sandy shore fronting on Boston Bay, between Win- 
throp and Lynn forms the coast of the town of Revere, 
and now has many popular summer localities. The 
Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad, a narrow 
guage line ten miles long, runs along this beach, and 
trains stop at everv place of any consequence. The 
starting point is East Boston, and connection is made 
with Boston by ferry. During the summer the trains 
run either way every fifteen minutes the greater part of 
the day. Crossing East Boston, passing the sea side 
park at Woods Island, the trains after a run of three 
miles reach Winthrop Junction where connection is 
made with the Shore Railroad around Winthrop. The 
next station is Beachmont, in the neighborhood of which 


LYNN.—Twelve miles from Boston, by the East¬ 
ern Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad, is the 
City of Lynn. It has a population of about fifty thou¬ 
sand persons, and is the most important shoe manu¬ 
facturing centre in the country, one quarter of the 
entire population being engaged in this business, and 
the annual product amounts to more than twenty 
million dollars in value. The Anderson Hotel on 
Central Avenue, a fine new four story brick edifice, is 
a popular and commodious house, and is a convenient 
stopping place either for business men or for summer 
travelers to the beaches in the near neighborhood or 
further along the coast. 

NAHANT.—Twelve miles distant from Boston is 
the peninsula of Nahant, rising in the highest point to 



Boston Harbor, Looking Toward Chelsea and the Navy Yard, Charlestown. 


on the hilly point to the eastward are many summer 
residences. For the next five miles the railroad runs 
directly on the edge of the beach, and fine views of 
Boston Bay, Lynn Harbor, Winthrop, and Nahant are 
obtained while the trains speed along Landward are 
wide salt rrjarshes. The principal resorts along this 
shore are Crescent Beach, Oak Island, and Point of 
Pines. At Crescent Beach are a number of hotels 
and cottages, and at its outer end is a long and sub¬ 
stantial landing pier. Oak Island is a popular picnic 
and society resort. At the Point of Pines is a large 
hotel, and here great spectacular plays are frequently 
given, while the place is provided with all the usual 
requirements for popular amusements. All these places 
are named on account of certain natural characteris¬ 
tics. 


150 feet above the sea. It has a rocky coast and is 
connected with the city of Lynn by a long narrow 
isthmus, which on the seaward side has a fine beach 
about two miles long, on which the surf rolls in 
grandly. The peninsula is mainly occupied by sum¬ 
mer residences. Nahant was the first fashionable sea¬ 
side resort in the vicinity of Boston, and it still main¬ 
tains its renown as a residence resort, its stately 
mansions being tenanted by some of the oldest and 
most blue-blooded Boston families. Frequent allusion 
to the rock-ribbed peninsula may be found in the 
writings of many famous New England authors — 
Emerson, Longfellow, Hawthorne, Whittier, Agassiz, 
Webster, Prescott, Motley, Hale, Howells, Lowell, 
and others have admired its beauties, and celebrated 
its scenery in song and story. 





















THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


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§>T.and Central Ave. 

lY>Jn,Mass. 


THE BASS POINT HOUSE, NAHANT. 


A lovely spot for a day’s outing. Not within an 
easy journey of Boston and the principal cities of 
eastern New England can there be found a more 
attractive resort for a day’s pleasure than charming 
sea-girt, rock-bound Nahant. 

One may take a swift anil commodious steamer from 
Battery wharf, Boston, three times daily, enjoy a de¬ 
lightful sail down the picturesque harbor; past the 
islands, the forts, the public institutions, and, rounding 
Great Head, leaving Ocean Spray, Beachmontand Cres¬ 
cent Beach to the left, be landed in an hour upon the 
very tip of Nahant. Or, journeying to Lynn via the 
Eastern Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad, 
find fast horses and comfortable barges in waiting to 
convey passengers to Nahant, the ride being along the 
entire length of magnificent Lynn beach, an isthmus 
two miles long, yet hardly wide enough for carriage 
travel, upon one side of which lie the calm blue waters 
of the harbor, while upon the other beat the rough 
waves of the great Atlantic. Every moment of the 
ride is delightful. Arriving, one may ramble along 
the shady country streets, view the grand estates, climb 
the rocks or wander upon the beaches, and visit with 
profit and pleasure such unique natural wonders as 


Spouting Horn, Swallow’s Cave, Pulpit Rock,Maiolis 
Garden, etc. 

All these attractions are within easy distance of 
Nahant’s oldest and most famous hostlery, The Baso 
Point House, presided over b) Mr. Jas. H. Ander¬ 
son, also proprietor of the popular Anderson Hotel, 
Lynn. The Bass Point” is situated on a grand 
plateau, at the end of which the noble Bass Point juts 
far out into the sea, commands a wide, sweeping ocean 
view and is always fanned by cool and bracing breezes. 

« - -A 

Here may be enjoyed boating, bathing, fishing from 
the rock« r lawn games, sea shore sports, etc., and here 
only may be obtained the celebrated Bass Point shore 
dinners at which are served at a moderate price all 
varieties of fish fresh from the water, sea food and all 
the delicacies of the season. A new feature at this 
house will be the serving of delicious chicken and 
steak dinners, prepared in the highest style of the cul¬ 
inary art. There is ample piazza rooms, cool shade 
trees, cozy private dining rooms, music room, cafe-,- 
etc., convenient picnic grounds, a new, large and con¬ 
venient stable in charge of Mr. J. W. Young of Lynn. 
At the Bass Point House may be enjoyed, in the fullest 
sense, a day of rest and recreation. 




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THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 



Hotel Nahant, Lynn Beach. 

HOTEL NAHANT.—At the landward end of the 
long Lynn beach is the picturesque Hotel Nahant. 
It is within fifteen minutes’ walk of the central part of 
the city of Lynn, but the house itself is just over the 
border in the territory of Nahant, as the long isthmus 
and the beach are wholly in the limits of that town. 
The terminus of the Lynn & Boston Electric Railroad 
is in the grounds of the hotel, while stages run from 
this point down to Nahant. 

The hotel is a large four story building about one 
hundred and fifty feet square, seated directly at the 
edge of the beach. At the south end is a two story 
ell 100x75 f eet dimensions. Broad covered piazzas 
encircle the main building for two stories on the front 
and sides, and also extends on the beach side of the 
ell. On the front, looking toward Lynn, is an exten¬ 
sive porch about forty feet square, the roof of which 
forms an extension of the piazzas on the second stories. 
The upper portion of the main bui’ding is reserved 
for permanent and transient guests, the rooms are 
light and airy, single and en suite, finished in cherry 
and polished woods, and tastefully furnished in old 
oak. Every room is provided with fire escape ropes, 
and every window has moveable wire screens to keep 
out sand-flies and mosquitoes, and electric bells are in 
every room or suite. Double parlors open out on the 
piazza and the top of the porch on the second story. 
At the front of the house, as one approaches from 
Lynn, the offices are located, and opening out of them 
is the large dining-room, the whole width of the house, 
and overlooking the water on both sides. It is ele¬ 
gantly appointed and is provided with sixty incan¬ 
descent electric lights. 

On April 8 of the present year, the hotel came into 
possession of Mr. M. D. Fitzgerald, who has had 
eighteen ) ears’ experience as a caterer in some of the 
best houses in New York, Connecticut and Massachu¬ 
setts, and since then the entire structure has been 
thoroughly renovated and refurnished, some additions 
built, and the house altogether put in as good condi¬ 
tion as when new. The kitchen, the store rooms and 
the laundry are perfectly appointed. On account of 
the situation the drainage is excellent. The table 
water is obtained from an artesian well on the prem¬ 
ises. The house is to be open hereafter all the year 
round, and before winter sets in will be heated by 
steam throughout. Mr. D. C. Finley, who has had an 
extensive hotel experience, will assist Mr. Fitzgerald 
as clerk of the house. 

The view from the hotel is superb in all directions 
From the beach side the observer looks directly east¬ 
ward out on the Atlantic Ocean, to the northeast is 
Swampscott with its beautiful residences arid hilly 


shores, while southward is Nahant, and between these 
points is Nahant Bay with Egg Rock Island and its 
light-house rising up conspicuously out of the water. 
From the front and the other side of the house the 
harbor of Lynn and a large portion of the city is in 
sight, while the Revere beaches are plainly visible. 

In front of the hotel is the beautiful Lynn beach, 
stretching away for two miles to Nahant. It is per¬ 
fectly safe for bathing at all time. A short distance 
beyond the hotel is the bathing pavilion with eighty- 
one rooms. Between the hotel and the beach is a broad 
wooden floored plaza open to the public, and provided 
with seats, and on the sands in front are various attrac¬ 
tions for popular amusement and convenience: A 
fruit, toy and confectionery pavilion, flying horses, a 
dancing pavilion, an electric tent, and a circular gravity 
railway. The two story annex to the hotel is provided 
with an ice cream saloon, a barber’s shop, toilet 
rooms and a number of private parlors for the con¬ 
venience of visitors to the beach. On the premises is 
a good stable with stalls for thirteen horses. The 
dimension of the entire grounds occupied by the hotel 
and adjacent structures is ab'lit 500 x 250 feet, with 
the beach on one side and the road to Nahant on the 
other. The house is well provided with means for 
the entertainment of permanent and transient guests, 
while the beach with its varied attractions will afford 
plenty of amusement at any time to a visitor for an 
hour or two. 

SWAMPSCOTT is now a well-known summer re¬ 
sort, between thirteen and fourteen miles distant from 
Boston, by rail, and within three miles of the city of 
Lynn. A spacious, handsome, and shady avenue, 
running along the shore, connects Lynn with Swamp¬ 
scott, and for nearly a mile the elevated and rocky 
shore is studded with villas having fine grounds and 
with excellent facilities for boating and sea-bathing at 
their doors. Swampscott is on the north side of Na¬ 
hant Bay. Following the road along the shore, be¬ 
yond the fishermen’s houses, the promontory of Lin¬ 
coln Point is reached. And from here may be seen 
the peninsula of Nahant, to the south, with Egg Rock 
in the foreground, while along the shores of the bay 
intervening, are many stretches of beach with resi¬ 
dences picturesquely situated on elevated points. 
Swampscott has three beaches, known respectively as 
King’s, Fisherman’s and Whale’s, which, though com¬ 
paratively small in size, are yet admirably adapted for 
bathing. The water is said to be warmer here than 
at Nahant and Rye Beaches, and there is no under¬ 
tow. A mile or two beyond Swampscott is Phillips 
Beach, and overlooking it is Beach Bluff from which 
a magnificent view of the surrounding coasts is had. 
Within a mile of Beach Bluff are Clifton and Clifton 
Heights, summer settlements with a total of from sixty 
to eighty residents. 

MARBLEHEAD.—This is an old fishing town 
situated on two small rocky peninsulas, connected by 
a narrow strip of sand and pebble. It is about eighteen 
miles from Boston. The town was incorporated in 
1635, and was once the second place in New England 
in wealth and in the extent of its foreign commerce. The 
principal industry now is the manufacture of shoes. 
Marblehead is the scene of Whittier’s poem, “ Skip¬ 
per Ireson’s Ride.” The beaches here are small and 
covered with pebbles. The longest is less than a mile 
in length, and is the scene of Hawthorne’s essay, 
“ Footprints on the Sand,” and Longfellow’s poem. 
“Fire of Driftwood.” A romance occurred here in 
colonial times, which has been celebrated by Dr. 
Holmes in his poem entitled “Agnes,” and by Elias 
















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Nason in a prose monograph ; the story is that Sir 
Harry Frankland fell in love with Agnes Surriage. 
maid at the Fountain Inn, carried her away with him 
but did not make her his wife until she had been the 
means of saving his life in Lisbon in the terrible earth¬ 
quake of 1756* Bynner’s historical novel “Agnes 
Surriage,” recounts this story in an interesting manner. 
Marblehead Neck, a picturesque peninsula four miles 
long and half a mile wide, lies across the harbor from 
the town, and is now a popular summer resort. The 
harbor is one of the best on the coast and is very pop¬ 
ular with yachtsmen. The Eastern and the Corin¬ 
thian Yacht Clubs have houses on its shores. 

SALEM.—This city is sixteen miles from Boston, 
and is situated on a long peninsula between two inlets, 
northeast of the peninsula of Marblehead. Here the 
Massachusetts Bay colonists first located before estab¬ 
lishing themselves k at Boston. A popular frenzy, 


known in history as the witchcraft delusion, prevailed 
in Salem in the year 1692, and during the time of its 
continuance, sixteen months, nineteen persons, mostly 
women, were executed as witches. Salem was the 
birthplace of Gen. Israel Putnam, Timothy Pickering, 
John Rogers the sculptor, Benjamin Pierce the math¬ 
ematician, W. H. Prescott the historian, Nathaniel 
Hawthorne the novelist, and a number of other dis¬ 
tinguished men. The population of Salem by the 
census of 1890 was 30,801. The eastern division of 
the Boston and Maine Railroad passes through Salem : 
a branch runs from Salem to Marblehead, one runs to 
Lawrence and another to Wakefield. A branch of 
the Boston and Maine also runs from here to Lowell. 
On this line, two miles from Salem, is the village of 
Peabody, a thriving place about one third the size of 
Salem. Here the celebrated philanthropist George 
Peabody was born. 



Gloucester, Mass. 

CAPE ANN. 


At Beverley, the next station on the Eastern divi¬ 
sion beyond Salem, the Gloucester branch, running 
the whole length of Cape Ann, connects with the main 
line. The peninsula, of which Cape Ann is the 
extremity, is from fifteen to seventeen miles in length. 
It encloses Massachusetts Bay on the north. The 
general appearance of Cape Ann is rocky in the 
the extreme, and the whole peninsula is astonishingly 
diversified with hills, hillocks, ledges and boulders. 
“ Here and there, like a caprice of nature, are bits of 
idyllic beauty, a quiet little nook by a brook side, ora 
pool reflecting the blue sky on its quiet bosom, uncon¬ 
scious of the raging ocean close at hand.” The Cape 
is now much resorted to during the summer by visitors 
from all parts of the United States. Hotels, boarding 
houses, and elegant summer residences are becoming 
numerous along its shores, and it has several well- 
known resorts, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Magnolia, 


Beverly Farms and Pigeon Cove beside the city of 
Gloucester and the town of Rockport. One of the 
finest drives in New England is “around the Cape” 
from Gloucester past Bass Rocks and Long Beach to 
Rockport and Pigeon Cove, then to Lanesville, Bay 
Views, Annisquam and Riverdale, and then back to 
Gloucester. The road nearly the whole distance is in 
sight of the sea, and lead high along the rocky coast. 

BEVERLY FARMS.—The first important station 
on the railroad reached after leaving Beverly, is Beverly 
Farms, although to this point the road passes many 
summer residences. Beverly Farms is an aristocratic 
resort, and its mansions are chiefly tenanted by Boston 
families. 

MANCHESTER- BY - THE - SEA.—Two miles be¬ 
yond Beverly Farms situated on a snug little harbor 
is a quaint old maritime village. It has been a favo- 














Long Beach, Land’s End. 


rite resort of authors and actors and references to it 
are found in Professor Tenny’s novel “ Coronation,” 
in Admiral Porter’s “ Allan Dare and Robert le 
Diable” and in William Black’s “Green Pastures and 
Piccadilly.” The place is famous for its singing 
beach, whose sands when walked upon or struck 
give forth a musical sound. The name Manchester- 
by-the-Sea, was given to the place by James T. 
Fields, the well known publisher. 

MAGNOLIA, now a famous and charming summer 
resort is situated on a rocky point several miles from 
the railroad station of the same name and is a place 
of summer residences. A short distance from Mag¬ 
nolia are Rafe’s Chasm, a deep fissure in the rock, and 
the Reef of Norman’s Woe, the scene of Longfellow’s 
poem, “ The Wreck of the Hesperus.” 

GLOUCESTER, a city with a population of 24,651, 
according to the census of 1890, is the principal place 
on Cape Ann, and is situated about four miles from 
its extremity. It is famous as a fishing port, and has 
preserved that character since it was first settled in 
1692. The fishermen from here are mostly engaged 
in the New Foundland fisheries. Since 1830 over 
three hundred vessels and more than two thousand 
lives have been lost in the fisheries, and hardly a season 
passes that several vessels are not lost in some one of 
the storms that sweep over the Banks. Between seven 
and eight hundred vessels are engaged in the business, 
most of which are two-masted schooners. The city 
is situated at the head of a deep and commodious 
harbor. In the neighborhood of Gloucester are sum¬ 
mer residence resorts of Bass Rock, East Gloucester, 
and Eastern Point, and there are several good hotels 
in these localities. 

ROCKPORT is a little seaport at the extremity of 
Cape Ann, and it is the terminus of the Cape Ann 
branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad. The town 
lies among the rocky hills at the head of Sandy Bay, 
an exposed harbor open to the northeast. A break¬ 
water 9,000 feet in length now protects the harbor in 
this direction and renders it comparatively safe when 
winds prevail from that direction. The population 
is about four thousand, who are chiefly engaged in 
quarrying granite. Off the end of Cape Ann, near 
Rockport is Thatchers Island on which are the Cape 
Lights, two light-houses, 112 feet high and a third of 
a mile apart, both provided with powerful Fresnel 


lights. From Rockport great quantities 
of granite are shipped to all parts of the 
country. 

LAND’S END is the most southeast¬ 
erly point of the town of Rockport, and 
is the easterly extremity of Cape Ann, 
alluded to by Sir Ferdinando Gorges 
as the “out-stretched arm” of the Bay 
State. It is thirty-six miles from Boston, 
on the Eastern railroad, a little over an 
hour’s ride by the quickest train. It is 
directly opposite Thatchers Island, and 
was formerly known as “Emmons” or 
“Emerson’s Point.” The name of “Land’s 
End” has been given it by the present 
proprietors in recognition of its proto¬ 
type in the County of Cornwall, Eng¬ 
land, which, being the westernmost 
point of Great Britain, is the last bit of 
land seen by many of the steamers 
leaving England and bound for this 
country. Thatchers Island, with its 
twin light-houses, just oft' this point of Cape Ann, 
is the first land seen in approaching America. There 
is therefore a peculiar appropriateness in thus christ¬ 
ening a spot so closely associated with its English 
namesake. 

The Land’s End Associates have here acquired 
about five hundred acres of land, of greatly diverisfied 
character, comprising hill, vale and plain, i*ocks, cliffs, 
green fields and woods, two hard sandy beaches, and 
the well known landing place “ Loblolly,” now 
“ Lamorna Cove.” The estate has been greatly im¬ 
proved during the last two years. Excellent roads 
have been built, and thoroughly underdrained, which 
have received quaint Cornish names like those around 
the English Land’s End. Numerous desirable house- 
lots varying greatly in character have been laid out, 
and a number of beautiful residences have been built 
by well known gentlemen. 

The Turks Head Inn, kept by Mr. F. H. Nunns, 
formerly of the Bass Rock Hotel, occupies a command¬ 
ing position on the bluff, and affords a magnificent 
view extending from the Isles of Shoals nearly to Cape 
Cod. Twelve different light-houses maybe seen from 
it, in favorable atmosphere. It is an E shaped build¬ 
ing facing nearly west, of picturesque and tasteful de¬ 
sign, modified from the early English type. The 
architect was Mr. H. M. Stevenson, of Boston. 

A few minutes’ walk from the hotel is “ Cape Beach ” 
with its bathing pavilion of fifty rooms. Here, surf 
bathing is both fine and safe. Dividing the beach at 
high tide is “ Cable Head,” the landing place of the 
Bennett-Mackay transatlantic cable, the office of which 
is at the hotel. Further on toward Gloucester, beyond 
“Cape Hedge,” is “Long Beach,” the two together 
measuring about a mile in length Still water bath¬ 
ing is also to be found at the smaller protected beach 
at Lamorna Cove. Here also is the landing place, 
with fiee moorings for boats, large and small, and a 
competent boatman in attendance. Yachtsmen will 
find, just beyond, thirteen feet of water at low tide. 
The approaches are bold and free from all obstruction. 
The headland, offering to the sea a bold, rocky front, 
is covered in summer with a profusion of wild roses, 
and the woods become glorious with mountain laurel. 
With the contrasted shades of green fields and woods 
near by, the rolling surf, and the brilliant sapphire¬ 
like blue of the deep water, the Inn and tasteful private 
residences in the background, the islands and their 




THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


9 1 


light-houses, and a myriad of sail in 
full view, the scene is one of singular 
and impressive beauty. 

PIGEON COVE.—About two miles 
from Rockport, on the extreme north¬ 
easterly tip of Cape Ann, is the sum¬ 
mer resort of Pigeon Cove. Stages 
connecting with the trains run from 
Rockport, the road lying along the 
face of the rocky coast like a shelve, 
and passing many of the great granite 
quarries. Since 1840 the locality has 
been a place of summer habitation for 
wealthy and celebrated people, and at 
present there are a considerable number 
of summer cottages and several hotels 
and boarding houses. The forests and 
the shores in the viciniity possess many 
features of natural beauty. 



NEWBURYPORT.—The city ofNew- 
buryport, thirty-seven miles from Boston 
at the mouth of the Merrimac River is probably the 
most antique looking town in New England. It has 
about 14,000 inhabitants, and is one of the oldest sea- 
p >rts on the coast, the parent town of Newbury having 
been founded in 1635. Some manufacturing is now 
carried on. “ Though she were, indeed, famous for 
nothing else. Newbury port would have to be so for the 
excellence of her situation. For she lies on a ridge at 
the mouth of the Merrimac, and at the extremity of that 
long line of the Essex beaches, which are unrivaled 
for their splendor of scenery and their storied interest 
— a stretch of coast beginning with the surg-eaten 
cliffs of Nahant, that rise some hundred and fifty feet 
above the sea, the first of all our beaches chosen for 
pleasuring ; running down the long Lynn shores, and 
over the old Swampscott headland of Black Will’s 
Rock, where the Atlantic blows and beats an open 
reach from Europe to America ; down the beautiful 
Beverley beaches, and past the singing beach of Man¬ 
chester, a wonder of the world; then across the 
immense Cape Ann cliffs, till it ends just beyond the 
Merrimac in the smooth level of the Salisbury Sands.” 

SALISBURY BEACH is four miles from Newbury- 
port, from which it is reached by stage during the 
summer. The beach stretches some six miles in 
length between the Merrimac and Hampton rivers, 
and is composed of smooth, hard sand excellently 





Capk Beach, Land’s End. 


Cable Head, Land’s End, Rockport. 

adapted for driving. The locality is famous as the 
scene of Whittier’s poem “The tent on the Beach.” 
During some day in August each season thousands of 
people from up the country assemble on the beaches, 
enjoy the bathing and listen to speeches on questions 
of the day by leading public men and famous orators. 

HAMPTON BEACH. — Beyond the Salisbury 
Sands, on the north side of Hampton River is Hamp¬ 
ton Beach. Whittier describes the locality in his poem 
of “ The Wreck of Rivermouth.” Hampton Beach is 
three miles from Hampton station on the Eastern di¬ 
vision. where conveyances are in waiting during the 
season to “ Boar’s Head,” a bold bluff sixty or seventy 
feet in height, which juts out into the ocean about 
a quarter of a mile, and is the nucleus around which 
cluster the hotels and cottages. The beach stretches 
away from Boar’s Head on either side; on the south 
three-quarter’s of a mile away, is Hampton Lower 
Beach ; on the north the beach extends to Little Boar’s 
Head, about three miles distant. These beaches are 
composed mainly of smooth, hard sand, which form, 
when the tide is out an excellent driveway ; they are 
also excellently adapted for bathing, on account of 
their smoothness and the absence of undertow, while 
there is a fine surf. From its highest elevation, which 
is toward the sea, the Boar’s Head slopes gradually to 
the level of the shore. Several of the hotels are built 
on this slope. Along the line of these 
beaches the most of the hotels and resi¬ 
dences are built on a strip of land which 
intervenes between extensive salt marshes 
and the ocean. 

RYE BEACH.—Just beyond Hampton 
is Rye Beach, the most fashionable re¬ 
sort on the New Hampshire coast. It 
is reached by a drive of four miles by 
stage from North Hampton station on 
the Eastern division, or from Portsmouth 
by a drive of seven miles. Here are a 
number of small beaches alternating with 
wave-worn ledges, while to the north a 
long sandy beach stretches to Straw 
Point. A delightful surf rolls in, and 
the bathing is safe and pleasant. From 
Rye and Hampton beaches can be seen 
the Isles of Shoals, some ten or twelve 
miles distant seaward. Magnificent 
views of the coast are obtained from 
Boar’s Head and Little Boar’s Head. 
The mountain seen to the north is 













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THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


Agamenticus. On this point is the terminus of one 
of the Atlantic cables and there is here, also, a United 
States life-saving station. 

PORTSMOUTH is a quaint and pleasant old city, on 
a peninsula near the mouth of the Piscataqua River, 
and is the only seaport in New Hampshire. It is fifty- 
six miles from Boston, and is on the Eastern Railroad. 
This place is now much frequented as a summer 
resort, and has many attractions in the line of pictur¬ 
esque scenery, pleasant drives, fine beaches, and 
salubrious sea air. Portsmouth is the scene of T. B. 
Aldrich’s “Story of a Bad Boy ” On Great Island, 
two miles below Portsmouth, is a historic mansion, 
the old Wentworth House, the scene of Longfellow’s 
poem, “ Lady Wentworth.” Newcastle, an ancient 
village on Great Island is now a summer resort of 
some prominence. On Little Harbor near Newcastle 
is the Hotel Wentworth, one of the largest summer 
hotels in the country. Stages run from Portsmouth to 
Newcastle and the Wentworth, passing to the island 
over a long bridge. Opposite Portsmouth on Conti¬ 
nental Island, in the town of Kittery is the United 
States navy yard. 

ISLES OF SHOALS.—The Isles of Shoals consist 
of eight small islands, nine miles distant from the 
shore, oft'the coast of New Hampshire. They are ten 
miles from Portsmouth, from where they are reached 
by steamer. The area of the entire group is about six 
hundred acres, and they are rugged, rocky ledges, 
rising abruptly out of the water, and diversified by 
cliffs and crags. The names of the islands are Apple- 
dore, Duck, Malaga, Haley’s or Smutty Nose, Cedar, 
Star, White, and Londoner. The last three belong to 
New Hampshire, the rest to Maine. The largest 
of the group is Appledore, on which is a large hotel 
of the same name. There is also a hotel on Star 
Island. The scenery and stories of these islands have 
been well described and told by Mrs. C. W. (Laigh- 
ton) Thaxter, who, in her childhood, lived for six 
years in White Island Light-house. 

KITTERY. — Across the Piscataqua River from 
Portsmouth the Maine coast begins, and three miles 
distant on the line of the York Harbor & Beach Rail¬ 
road, is the first shore resort, Kittery Point, an ancient 
seaside village, now provided with several summer 
hotels. 

YORK HARBOR AND BEACH. — Nine miles 
from Portsmouth is York, an ancient maritime village 
on the coast of Maine. It is reached from Portsmouth 
by the York Harbor & Beach Railroad, a branch of 
the Boston & Maine, built in 1886-7. A mile and a 
half from the village is the Long Sands, as the beach 
is called, fronting on the beautiful York Harbor, 
which is protected from the ocean by the rocky penin¬ 
sula of Stage Neck. On the other side of the penin¬ 


sula is Short Sands beach where surf bathing may be 
enjoyed. Long Sands is more than a mile and a half 
long and is a beautiful strand formed of hard gray 
sand. Six or seven miles from the beach is Mount 
Agamenticus, a loftly hill a few miles inland, from 
which views may be obtained of the whole coast be¬ 
tween Capes Elizabeth and Ann, and inland to the 
White Mountains. Bald Head cliff a perpendicular 
wall of rock ninety feet in height, is situated on the 
coast, four miles north of York Beach. More than a 
score of hotels are located along the beach and harbor, 
the largest of which is the Marshall House overlooking 
Short Sands. The sea view from this hotel and 
neighborhood is magnificentand extensive. An unlim¬ 
ited sea stretch can be observed from Kittery Harbor 
on the south to Cape Porpoise on the northeast and 
the inland view is delightful. The pleasure drives and 
many places of interest — historic and otherwise — 
make York one of the most delightful places to spend 
a summer vacation on the coast. The following are a 
few of the places of interest: Mt. Agamenticus to the 
north, Cutts and Pepperell mansions at Kittery Point, 
Kittery Navy Yard to the southwest, Garrison Houses 
to the northwest, the Nubble “Long Sands” and 
Roaring Rock (a peculiar geological formation) to 
the east, Isles of Shoals, Boon Island and Light¬ 
house, seaward, the “ Old Jail ” (an historic relic) to 
the northwest, and York River, a delightful stream 
unsurpassed for inland boating and sailing. 

WELLS BEACH STATION, on the Western 
Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad is twenty- 
five miles from Portsmouth. The village lies on an 
upland plain between the railroad and the salt marshes, 
and is four miles southeast from the station. A mile 
and a half beyond the village by the road is the Wells 
Beach, a long sandy strand excellently adapted for 
bathing. The coast line of the town of Wells is eleven 
miles long, most of which is formed of beaches of hard 
sand, with rocky ledges interspersed, and off the shore 
at Wells Beach are several hotels. 

KENNEBUNKPORT, at the mouth of the Kenne- 
bunk River, has developed to a great extent since the 
building of the branch railroad four and a half miles 
in length in 1883. The old village lies about a mile 
from the mouth of the river which is formed into a 
good harbor by two granite jetties. The river affords 
facilities for boating not excelled in New England. 
It is winding, comparatively narrow, and is bordered 
by high bank farms, meadows and woodlands. In the 
village and neighborhood are about a score of hotels 
On the outer shore, west of the mouth of the river, are 
a number of sandy beaches where surf bathing is en¬ 
joyed by the hotel guests and cottagers. A ferry run 
over to these beaches from the Port. Cape Porpoise 
another old maritime village, is near Kennebunkport. 


OLD ORCHARD BEACH. 


The most important sea-side resort in the vicinity 
of Portland, and one of the most famous summer 
watering-places in the country, is Old Orchard Beach. 
It is eleven and three-fourths miles south from Port¬ 
land on the Western Division of the Boston and Maine 
Railroad. For several miles before the station is 
reached the road skirts the sea shore, affording views 
of Scarboro’, Pine Point, Prout’s Neck, and Stratton 
Island. Old Orchard Station, and the hotels and resi¬ 
dences in its immediate vicinity, are near the centre of 
the famous beach, the houses being located along the 
shore and immediately back from it. 


This famous beach, one of the finest in the world, 
is nine miles long from Pine Point to the Saco River. 
It is evenly inclined and perfectly safe, there being no 
deceptive holes or rocks. Even at high tide there is 
ample room for two carriages abreast, and at low tide 
it is one of the widest and grandest driving and prom¬ 
enade avenues to be found anywhere, being from five 
hundred to six hundred feet in width. It lies in a deep 
indentation of the shore, forming nearly a semi-circle. 
On the right, Fletcher’s Neck makes one arm extend¬ 
ing far out into the sea, at the mouth of the Saco, 
dotted with the white buildings of “ the Pool ” at its 




THE NEW ENGLAND COAST 


93 


extremity. On the left, the other (arm of the semi¬ 
circle) is formed by Prout’s Neck, sweeping out into 
the sea, with Stratton’s Island oft' against it. Between 
these two encircling points sweeps the grand beach, 
smooth as a floor. 

Seated directly on the beach are many hotels, 
boarding houses, and residences with public or private 
bathing establishments attached. These houses are 
between the beach and a street which runs parallel to 
it, the railroad skirting this street for several miles. 

About half a mile from the beach are the grounds of 
the Methodist Camp-meeting Association, where 
meetings are held almost continually during the sea¬ 
son. These grounds are situated in the midst of an 
evergreen grove, where a natural hollow forms a noble 
amphitheatre, capable of seating seven thousand per¬ 
sons. Here seats are placed beneath the trees, with 
a grand stand for the preachers, which commands the 
whole ground. Around this amphitheatre a “ camp 
meeting city” has grown up, laid out in avenueslined 
with neat little cottages. The National Camp-Meeting 
and the National Temperance Camp-Meeting are held 
here in the month of August, and also, at a later sea¬ 
son, the Methodist District Camp-Meeting. A fine 
Methodist Church now stands near the upper entrance 
to the grounds. A horse-car railroad was put in 
operation from Old Orchard to Saco and Biddeford in 
June, 1888. Special localities have been given dis¬ 
tinctive names, among them being Cottage Grove 
Park, covering a large area contiguous to Cottage 
Grove ; and Central Park on the southeast side of the 
Old Orchard road. This entire tract is called the 
Highlands from its elevation, and commands an ex¬ 
tensive view. 

The Orchard Beach Railroad runs trains with open 
cars, from the Boston and Maine station, along the 
beach, to the Saco River, a distance of several miles, 
commanding fine views of the ocean and of the surf 


breaking on the beach. The portion of the beach 
beyond Old Orchard has always been known locally 
as Ferry Beach. The first station is Ocean Park, the 
Free Baptist Camp Ground. 

A short distance beyond Ocean Park, the Railroad 
crosses Goose Fair Brook, which is the dividing line 
between Old Orchard and Ferry Beach. The next 
station is Bay View. Then follows Ferry Beach Park, 
which has been fitted up by the Boston and Maine 
Railroad with walks, rustic seats, and pavilions for 
amusements, making one of the most delightful and 
comfortable picnic groves in the state. Just beyond 
is Camp Ellis, the terminus of the road at the mouth 
of the Saco River, where the trains connect with a 
steamer which conveys passengers across the river to 
Biddeford Pool. This trip forms a delightful excur¬ 
sion. It can be varied by making the trip to Saco by 
the Boston and Maine Railroad, then down the Saco 
River to Biddeford Pool and Camp Ellis, and return 
to Old Orchard by the railroad. 

PROUTS NECK forms a peninsula, with the 
ocean on one side and a broad estuary on the other, on 
the opposite shore of which lies Old Orchard Beach, 
with its many hotels in full view. For many years 
this neck has been a favorite resort of picnic parties 
from Portland, Saco, Scarboro’, Gorham and other 
towns. 

PINE POINT is the name applied to the eastern 
end of that magnificent beach which extends from the 
mouth of the Saco to the Scarboro’ River, and is thus 
in reality but one portion of Old Orchard Beach, al¬ 
though this part is in the town of Scarboro.’ It is 
bordered by a thick growth of Pines, from which it 
takes its name. There are now sixty or seventy sum¬ 
mer residences in this vicinity, and several hotels. It 
is reached by the trains of the Western Division of 
the Boston and Maine Railroad. 







Portland Harbor 

























































Chapter V. 

PORTLAND AND THE MAINE COAST. 


Portland — Cape Elizabeth — Cushings Island — Peaks Island — Long Island — Diamond Island — Mt. Desert 
Bar Harbor—The Maine Coast beyond Bar Harbor. 



The New Library Building. 

The State of Maine abounds in beautiful scenery, 
both by the sea and inland, and no region has more 
attractions than the city of Portland and its neighbor¬ 
hood. Portland is situated at the southwest extremity 
of Casco Bay, on a peninsula which projects from the 
mainland in a northeast direction, and is about three 
miles long, with an average breadth of three-quarters 
of a mile—its narrowest point being scarce half a mile 
in width. On the southerly side it is divided from 
the Cape Elizabeth shore by an arm of the bay, called 
Fore River, which constitu'es the inner harbor, 
having, between Portland Ridge and the Breakwater 
on one side, and Fish Point on the other, an area of 
six hundred and seventy-seven acres, and an average 
depth, at mean high water, of about thirty feet. 
Vessels of the largest size can enter the lower harbor, 


day or night, with forty feet of 
water at low tide, and lie safely at 
anchor in that depth, inside of a 
line connecting the Breakwater 
with Fort Gorges, and distant not 
more than one-half mile from the 
wharves. Commissioners appointed 
by the Government to examine the 
harbor say, “ The city of Portland 
stands precisely upon the spot which 
a careful examination would pro¬ 
nounce to be the best.” 

On the northerly side the pen¬ 
insula is separated from the shores 
of Deering by the waters of Back 
Cove, — an inner basin of large 
extent, having a sufficient depth of 
water, at high tide, to float vessels 
of considerable tonnage. 

The peninsula, therefore, has tide 
water on either hand, and its shores 
slope up gradually on both sides 
to a mean central elevation of more 
than a hundred feet—thus affording 
every facility for drainage, and con¬ 
tributing to make Portland one of 
the healthiest cities in the world. 
At its northeastern extremity the 
peninsula rises into an eminence 
called Munjoy’s Hill, having an 
elevation of 161 feet, and com¬ 
manding a delightful view of the 
waters of Casco Bay, its green 
islands, and the ocean beyond. At 
its southwestern end the land also 
rises into a prominence, ending 
with a bold bluff', called Bramhall’s 
Hill, having a height of 175 feet, 
and affording an extensive view of 
farm, forest, village, and mountain 
scenery,—best seen at sunset. 
Between these two elevations the 
land sags, but at the lowest point, on the central 
ridge, (the head of Hampshire Street), is still fifty- 
seven feet above tide water. Along the whole line 
of this central ridge, from the slope of Bramhall to 
the outer declivity of Munjoy, Congress Street extends, 
the backbone of the city, three miles in length. Below 
it, on the southern slope, and running parallel with 
it for a part of its length, are, first, Middle Street, 
a business avenue devoted largely to the retail and 
wholesale dry goods trade : second, Fore Street, the 
ancient water street of the city, now devoted to miscel¬ 
laneous trade ; and third, Commercial Street, front¬ 
ing the harbor, and occupied by wholesale traders in 
heavy goods. 

The whole peninsula from the slopes of Munjoy to 
the brow of Bramhall, is covered with a network of 


















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two hundred and forty streets, lanes, and courts, 
aggregating a length of fifty miles, while thirty 
wharves extend into the harbor and give accommoda¬ 
tion to the commerce of the port. 

From east to west the city may be divided into 
several distinctive districts, as follows :—Munjoy’s Hill 
is covered with an almost distinct and independent 
village, of middle-class residences, having its own 
churches, schools, and shops. The business of the city 
centres on the southerly slope below Congress Street, 
near the middle of the peninsula. The northerly slope, 
back of Congress Street, along its whole length, is de¬ 
voted to private residences The western end, rising 
gradually to the eminence of Bramhall, is the fashion¬ 
able quarter, and having been spared by the great fire 
of 1866, now contains the oldest mansions, as well as 
many of the newest and most elegant residences. The 
streets here are all shaded by stately elms, and the 
houses are surrounded by well-kept gardens and lawns. 
From the elevation of its site, and the character of its 
surroundings, Portland commands scenery of the most 
varied and beautiful description. 

Portland has many public buildings, points of inter¬ 
est and pleasant localities within its own limits worthy 
of a visit. For a tour of the city the best starting 
place is Market Square, situated on the ridge of the 
peninsula, about midway of its length, and conse¬ 
quently in the centre of the city. Congress Street runs 
straight through it on the north side ; Federal and 
Middle streets enter it on the east, with a “ heater” 
between them ; Center Street, on the south, offers a 
direct approach to the harbor leading into Commercial 
street, the wide water front avenue, affording easy 
access to all the steamboat lines and their railroad 
connections; while on the north Preble Street opens a 
view of Back Cove and the country beyond, as well 
as an approach to the station of the Portland and 
Rochester railroad. The hoise-cars start here for 
Deering, and also for the east and west ends of the 
city. On the eastern side of the Square the space be¬ 
tween. Federal and Congress streets is occupied by the 
United States hotel. On the north at the corner of 
Preble Street, is Music Hall, fitted up for theatrical 
enteitainments. On the opposite corner is the Preble 
House, one of the best hotels in the city, enlarged 
from the ancient mansion of Commodore Preble, of 
naval fame. 

Until the summer of 1888 the centre of the square 
was occupied by a substantial building, formerly the 
town hall and market which at that time was pulled 
down to make way for the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ 
Monument, designed by Franklin Simmons. 

A walk or a ride in the street cars along Congress 
Street eastward carries the traveler past Odd Fellow’s 
Hall; the rooms of the Young Men’s Christian Asso¬ 
ciation ; the First Parish Church, a fine granite edifice ; 
the City Government Building, an imposing structure, 
of good architectural proportions, having a frontage 
of one hundred and fifty feet, a length of two hun¬ 
dred and twenty-one feet, with corner towers seventy- 
five feet high, and a central dome swelling up to a 
height of 160 feet; the Payson Memorial Church with 
its beautiful spires rising to the height of 175 feet; and 
the First Baptist Church. At this point Lincoln Park 
a beautiful little square of two and a half acres is 
reached. A little distance beyond is the residence of 
the Roman Catholic Bishop of the diocese of Maine 
and New Hampshire, in the rear of which stands the 
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, fronting on 
Cumberland street. Further on the Second Univer- 
salist Church is passed, and then the Eastern Ceme¬ 


tery, the oldest graveyard in the city, where many of 
the rude forefathers of the original hamlet sleep. This 
is at the foot of Munjoy’s Hill a slightly elevation 
rising to a height of 165 feet above the sea. On the 
right hand side of Congress Street three-fourths of the 
way up the hill is the Observatory, a red-shingled 
tower eighty-two feet high, built in 1807, f° r the pur- 
pose of signalizing shipping approaching the harbor. 
In the three-quarters of a century which have elapsed 
since its erection, many an eye has been gladdened by 
the flag thrown out on one of its three flag-staffs, indi¬ 
cating the approach of some long-absent ship; and 
many a storm-tossed vessel has been saved from 
wreck by the succor sent out through timely intelli¬ 
gence from this watch-tower, where the sailor’s good 
genius sits up aloft and sweeps the horizon with his 
glass. Here, for a small fee, the visitor may take a 
peep through the telescope which swings from the 
ceiling of the look-out, and observe the ships far out 
at sea. This is the best place in the city to obtain a 
good view of the surrounding scenery. Towards the 
northeast lies Casco Bay, dotted with many beautiful 
islands. Looking eastward, only four miles distant, 
the broad Atlantic sweeps with its never-ceasing swell; 
and a south-westerly view takes in the harbor with its 
shipping, and the city extending along its narrow pen¬ 
insula. Northwesterly, Mount Washington may be 
distinctly seen, towering above the distant ranges of 
mountains. Descending the eastern slope of the hill 
the Eastern Promenade is reached. Here a wide ave¬ 
nue encircling the hill about midway of the ascent 
makes possible charming views of the harbor and 
island. At the end of Congress Street, on the Prom¬ 
enade, is a monument erected in 1883 in memory of 
Cleeve, the first settler of Portland. 

There are many other buildings and points of 
interest scattered over the city. On Fore Street, cor¬ 
ner of Hancock Street, in the neighborhood of the 
Grand Trunk Station, is an old square wooden house 
in which Longfellow was born. The Longfellow 
monument is located on State Street Square. The 
Maine General Hospital stands on the brow of Brarn- 
hall’s Hill. The Western Promenade runs along the 
brow of Bramhall’s Hill, and commands a wide and 
varied landscape. The new Union Station at the 
foot of Bramhall’s Hill, where Congress Street crosses 
the railroad tracks was built in 1888. The Portland 
Public Library, on Congress Street, is a striking- 
structure of Romanesque architecture. In the rear of 
this building is the museum of the Portland Society of 
Art. The Portland Society of Natural History has 
a building on Elm Street. Here it has spacious 
cabinets, and library and lecture rooms, with evex-y 
convenience that could be devised for such an in¬ 
stitution. The rooms are open to the public. 

E. B. ROBINSON & CO.—The firm of E. B. Rob¬ 
inson & Co., piano dealeis, was established in Port¬ 
land in 1847, an d deal high and medium grade in¬ 
struments, at lowest possible prices. This is the oldest 
piano house in Maine and offers the advantage of long 
practical experience at the business. Mr. Robinson 
served his time at Gilbert’s factory in Boston in 1842, 
and is endorsed by Chickering and Oliver Ditson and 
other leading concerns in whose warerooms he for¬ 
merly tuned. Nearly 40,000 pianos have been tuned 
and l-epaii'ed by him since 1837. This well known 
and reliable firm invite cori'espondence from those in¬ 
ending to purchase pianos. 

CAPE ELIZABETH.—Separated from Portland by 
the main haibor. Fore River, is Cape Elizabeth, an 








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THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


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extensive peninsula, along the coast of which many 
fine summer residences are scattered in beautiful situa¬ 
tions. The coast is very rocky and picturesque, and 
the land hilly. South Portland, directly across the 
harbor from Portland, is now an important suburb of 
the city, and is the chief place on the cape. Two 
steam ferries connect it with the city. Portland light 
is on this coast; it is a fixed light, ioi feet above the 
sea level. The Cape Lights, otherwise known as the 
Two Lights, are several miles further west along the 
coast, These are two iron light-houses, fifty-four feet 
high, one hundred and seventy-two feet above the level 
of the sea, built in 1813. 

The shore road which leads along the elevated coast 
of Cape Elizabeth, leads also to the marshes of the 
Spurwink River, to the Scarboro Beaches, to Prouts 
Neck and to Pine Point. 

CASCO BAY.—On the coast of Maine extending 
from Cape Elizabeth to Cape Small Point, a distance 
of about eighteen miles, with a depth of about twelve 
miles, is Casco Bay, which is more thickly studded 
with Islands than any water of like extent on the At¬ 
lantic coast. The islands are of picturesque forms, 
with elevated, rocky and precipitous coasts while 
headlands and Peninsulas jut out into the water of the 
bay from the mainland in all directions. Some of the 
islands are in clusters, some are coupled together by 
connecting sand-bars, bare at low tide, while others 
are solitary and alone. Nearly all of them are indented 
with beautiful coves, and crowned with a mingled 
growth of maple, oak, beech, pine and fir, extending 
to often the water’s edge and reflected in many a deep 
and winding channel. They are of all sizes, from the 
little rocky islet, covered by the sea at high tide, to 
those which contain thousands of acres and hundreds 
of inhabitants. For the most part they rise like 
mounds of verdure from the sea, forest-crowned, and 
it is impossible to conceive of any combination of 
scenery than they afford, more charming, more roman¬ 
tic, more captivating to the eye or more suggestive to 
the imagination. 

For many years the islands have been much resorted 
to by the citizens of Portland and within the past few 
years the nearer and more accessible ones have devel¬ 
oped into very popular summer resorts. Steamers 
make frequent trips to the principal islands and to va¬ 
rious points on the mainland. Coolness and comfort 
are to be found on their rocky shores when the city 
is sweltering under a blazing sun. The amusements 
of bathing and fishing may be diversified by strolls 
through balsamic groves, or by watching the surges 
of the restless ocean as they break in foam at the base 
of old White Head, 

CUSHINGS ISLAND. — Cushings Island -lies at 
the mouth of Portland Harbor, its southern end 
forming one shore of the ship-channel which is the 
main entrance to the harbor. It has the most bold 
and prominent features of all the islands in the bay. 
Rising to a considerable altitude, its southeastern shore 
presents a rocky and precipitous front to the sea, ter¬ 
minating at the northeastern end in a castellated bluff' 
of perpendicular rock nearly one hundred and fifty 
feet high, known as White Head. Along the high 
ridge of the island, for nearly its whole length, runs 
a dark forest growth, which gives it a bristly appear¬ 
ance, like quills upon the fretful porcupine. From 
these woods, on the northerly or harbor side, the land 
descends rapidly to a little arable valley running 
through the island, and thence to the beaches and 
ledges that line the inner shore. Thus the island pre¬ 


sents a stern rampart to the ocean, shutting it from 
view, while it smiles upon the smoother waters of the 
harbor. The Ottawa House, one of the largest and 
finest hotels in the country, occupies a commandiug 
situation on this island. 

PEAKS ISLAND.—Peaks Island lies partly in¬ 
side of Cushings Island from which it is separated by 
White Head Passage. Together with Cushings Island 
it forms an effectual barrier against the waves of the 
ocean, which would otherwise beat in up to the 
wharves of the city. It is surrounded by four islands 
—Cushings, House, Hog (or Diamond), and Long— 
and with them forms a beautiful and safe harbor for 
thousands of vessels annually seeking its protection. 
It is about one and a half miles long, by a mile and 
a quarter wide, at the widest part, and contains seven 
hundred and twenty acres. Though not rising to so 
great an elevation as Cushings Island, or presenting 
so bold a front to the sea, it has many attractive fea¬ 
tures, being in some respects the most beautiful island 
in the harbor. Its outer shore is rocky and wave- 
worn, presenting an inhospitable aspect to vessels 
seeking the harbor in a storm. Here the surf breaks 
heavily, and the spray, even in pleasant weather, fre¬ 
quently dashes in the air to a height of twenty feet. 
Peaks Island is quite populous, and is dotted with 
numerous summer dwellings, hotels and cottages. 

LONG ISLAND.—Long Island lies northeast of 
Peaks Island, and is separated from it by Husseys 
Sound. It continues the line of natui'al breakwaters 
which enclose and protect Portland Harbor. In 1706 
it was owned by the ubiquitous John Smith, and on 
an old map of Casco Bay, published in London, it is 
called Smiths Island. As its present name indicates 
it has much greater length than breadth, presenting a 
long line of shore to the inner bay, while its outer 
coast is more broken and irregular in form. 

DIAMOND ISLAND is an island of 400 acres on 
the harbor side of Peaks island, and on it at pres¬ 
ent are a number of tasteful summer cottages. The 
summer house of the Portland Club is situated on the 
high land near the steamboat landing. Little Dia¬ 
mond Island is connected with the main island by a 
sand bar which ^uncovered at low tide. The islands 
are also called Hog and Little Hog Islands. 

MOUNT DESERT.—Just oft the coast of Maine, no 
miles east from Portland and forty miles southeast of 
Bangor, lies the island of Mount Desert, remarkable 
for its rare combination of mountain, lake, and sea- 
coast scenery, and now famous as a summer resort. 
The island is fourteen miles long, eight miles across 
at the widest part, and covers an area of about one 
hundred square miles. 

The name of the island is -very appropriate, as it 
indicates clearly its natural features and character. 
Towering in its highest peak to more than fifteen 
hundred feet above the sea, the island is in fact a 
group of mountains rising out of the ocean. 

Mount Desert has several good harbors, the best 
known of which are Northeast, Southwest, and Bar 
Harbor. At Southwest Harbor is a village, with a 
steamboat landing and a number of hotels. Twenty 
or twenty-five years ago this place was the principal 
resort for summer sojourners. At that time the visitors 
were mostly artists, who came to the island on account 
of its magnificent scenery. Chiefly through the pic¬ 
tures of many noted American artists has Mount Desert 
become so famous a watering-place, and the existence 
of Bar Harbor as a summer resort is mainly owing to 
the fact that one day F. E. Church, the artist, dis- 


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THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 



View of Bar Harbor 


covered the place, and for successive seasons took par¬ 
ties of friends to the spot, by this means and the 
exhibition of his pictures of the scenery at the National 
Academy, bringing it into notice. 

Southwest Harbor is on the southern part of the 
island near the entrance to Somes Sound, and the vil¬ 
lage with its half dozen hotels lies close along the 
shore, facing eastward, while on several commanding 
points in the neighborhood, sun .ner residences have 
been built. 

At the head of the sound is the small village of 
Somesville, with its hcjffel. This place is reached 
either by a sail up the sound, by a road over the hills 
from Southwest Harbor, or by direct road from the 
mainland over the bridge at the narrows. 

BAR HARBOR.—The principal resort on Mount 
Desert is Bar Harbor, which is situated on French¬ 
man’s Bay on the northeastern shore, opposite the 
Porcupine Islands, and derives its name from a sandy 
bar, visible at low water, which here connects Mount 
Desert with the largest of the Porcupine group. The 
village lies scattered along the shore, and when viewed 
from the mountains makes a most charming picture. 
This resort is r the outgrowth of the necessities of sum¬ 
mer visitors, having been established primarily for 
their entertainment, maintains its existence by means 
of their patronage, and is now one of the most popular 
and ictshionable summer resorts in America. The 
place contains a score of large hotels and boarding- 
A houses, and many residences have been built in the 
past few years. It is admirably situated as a centre 
from which to make excursions to all interesting 


localities on the eastern and southern shores, and to 
the mountain peaks, the highest of which are but a 
few miles distant. 

Four miles distant from Bar Harbor is Green 
Mountain, the highest on the island. A railroad 
similar to the one which ascends Mt. Washington now 
runs from the shore of Eagle Lake, to the Summit of 
the mountain. The line is only 6,000 feet in length, 
but in that distance it ascends to a point nearly 1,600 
feet above tide-water. 

Bar Harbor is reached daily from Boston by two 
express trains which make the distance of 290 miles 
to Mount Desert Ferry in little over nine hours, and 
then a sail of eight miles down Frenchman’s Bay 
lands one at Bar Harbor’s wharves. A steamer also 
runs direct from Portland to Bar Harbor. 

THE MAINE COAST.—From Portland to Eastport 
the coast of Maine abounds with most beautiful and 
unusual scenery, and this is more especially true of the 
region beyond Mount Desert. The shores are rugged, 
rocky, precipitous, and forest-crowned,— great penin¬ 
sulas project into the sea with deep fiords between, 
and innumerable islands are scattered along the coast. 

Near the mouth of the Kennebec River, an hour 
and a half by rail eastward from Portland, is the 
pleasant old seaside city of Bath, the seat of Bowdoin 
College. Popham Beach is a summer resort at the 
mouth of the Kennebec, and is just outside the limits 
of Casco Bay. 

Thirty miles beyond Bath is the gray old fishing 
village of Boothbay, which lies at the head of one of 
the finest harbors on the coast. Squirrel Island, a 




THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 


99 


beautiful place with many residences and a number of 
other summer resorts on islands and mainlands are in 
the vicinity of Boothbay. 

Penobscot Bay deserves more space than can be 
given to it here. It is one of the most beautiful re¬ 
gions not only on the Maine coast but in the world. 
On its shores are the city of Rockland, the lovely town 
of Camden abounding with mountains and lakes, 
Northport, a great camp-meeting resort, the pretty 
village of Castine, with its historic fame perpetuated 
in the poems of Whittier and Longfellow, and in the 
prose of Noah Brooks. The island resorts of the 
Penobscot are many and beautiful, chief among them 


being Vinal Haven, Islesborough, Isle au Haut, and 
Deer Isle, with its hundreds of visitors every summer. 

The farthest away region of the Maine coast is 
Passamaquoddy Bay which marks thedivisiqn between 
the United States and Canada. Some of its islands 
are under one jurisdiction and some under the other. 
The summer headquarters of this region is the Cana¬ 
dian port of St. Andrews, which is situated on a pen¬ 
insula projecting into the middle of the bay. From it 
there is easy access to Campobello, Lubec, Grand 
Menan, St. George and other interesting points. 
Eastport'is an American village of 3,700 inhabitants 
on Moose Island near the mouth of the bay. 


WHERE CAN ONE INVEST their money with 
absolute surety that it will return a handsome profit ? 
The answer must be in this case Algeria Heights 
or Pine View, in-the-Pines, New Jersey. These 
places are about midway between New York and 
Philadelphia on the line of and near the Central 
Railroad of New Jersey, in the justly celebrated and 
world renowned Great Pine Belt of New Jersey, 
where the pine aroma gives health and life-extending 
qualities to those tired from winter or summer dissi¬ 
pations of fashion, or close effects of business, etc. 
The inward curving of the “Gulf Stream” makes 
it nature’s sanitarium — far superior to any known 
Health Resorts. The combination of “ Pine,” “ Salt” 
and “Gulf Stream” air, is found nowhere else so it 
is not in the least surprising that every one is seek¬ 
ing for one or more lots here while they are in original 
hands and can be had before the advance which 
always follows the building up of a town. Algeria 
Heights lots 25 x 125 can be had at present for $5. 


Pine View lots 50x150, for $30. Full Warranty 
Deed, Guaranteed Title. No other costs. Why will 
you not buy one or more of these lots ? There is no 
way you can loose a cent, and you become a land 
owner. Over half of the fortunes of to-day have been 
made in Real Estate. Near-by towns are getting 
$400 to $600 for lots, they are no better, so you can 
see that these lots must advance, then you can sell or 
hold to get the benefit of the “ New Palace Hotel,” 
the plans of which show handsome large rooms, 
accommodating over 300 ; all modern improvements, 
salt and cedar water baths. The management will be 
under a well-known Jersey Coast Hotel map. The 
town will be laid out by Col. H. A. AbbeyS who will 
also handle the lots in New York, at 215 Potter 
Building. No investor can afford to let his or her 
money lay in the Savings Banks and pass this low 
price sale of these beautiful lots, order at once. Full 
Warranty Deed, Guaranteed. Title. No other 
charges . In-the-Pines. 



Old Orchard Beach, Maine 



















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THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. 



PATENT 



HAMMOCK! 


The Most Luxurious and Practical Hammock Ever Invented. 



Several decrees have already been taken 
against infringers of this Hammock without 
the pillow. Beware of all woven Hammocks 
except those stamped “ Palmer’s Patent.” None 
but the trade supplied. 




I. E. 


PALMER 


Manufacturer of COTTON TISSUES, CRINOLINE LININGS, 
Mosquito Netting, Window Screen Cloth, Hammocks, Canopies 
and Canopy Fixtures, School Bags, Self-Adjusting Pulleys, Ktc. 


MIDDLETOWN, CONN, 


LAND’S END.^- 

The New Watering Place at Rockport, Mass. 


The Easterly Extremity of Cape Ann. The Coolest and Pleasantest Place on the Coast 

of New England. 

THE, LAND’S END ASSOCIATED 

Have laid out and improved about 500 acres of high land at the very end of Cape 
Ann, just opposite the well known landmark, Thatcher’s Island. Nearly one half 
is woodland. The ocean front is between two and three miles in length The 
houselots contain from 10,000 to 80,000 feet each, and vary greatly in character. 
The rocky promontory, the two long beaches, the pasture, upland and woodland 
near the sea afford a variety to suit every taste. Here, as elsewhere, of course, 
lirst comer8will have first choice. 


THE TURK’S HEAD INN 


Is within a few minutes’ walk of the water. It affords a fine prospect, and is fitted 
with every modern appliance for comfort and safety. The proprietor is Mr. F H. 
Nunns, of the Mount Vernon Hotel, of Baltimore. The journey from Boston'oc- 
cupies a little over an hour. The hotel vehicles connect with every train, the drive 
taking about fifteen minutes. 


The opportunities for amusement are unrivaled; such as beautiful walks and 
drives in every direction, through the woods and around the cape, both surf and 
still water bathing, fresh water and deep sea fishing, and sailing excursions to num¬ 
erous objects of interest. There are three light-houses within two miles. 



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The Office of the LAND’S END ASSOCIATES 
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53 STATE STREET, 

Rooms 830 and 831, 

BOSTON. MASS. 

FRANCIS M. WELD, NORTON FOLSOM, CHARLES T. CARRET, 

TRUSTEES. 

CHARLES T. CARRET, Treasurer. 














































List of Hotels. 


BAR HARBOR (Mount Desert), ME. 

300 miles from Boston. Steamer from Portland or Mt. Desert Ferry. 
Rodick House D. Rodick & Sons, acc. for 600. 

Grand Central, R. Hamor & Sons, acc. for 350. 2 to 3 per day, 10 to 21 per 
week. 

West End, O. M. Shaw & Son, acc. for 400. 3 to 4 per day, 14 to 21 per week. 

St. Sauveur, Alley Brothers, acc. for 175. 2.50 to 4.00 per day, 14 to 21 per week. 

Malvern, De Grasse Fox, acc. for 150. 23 to 30 per week. 

Newport House, William M. Roberts, acc. for 200. 2 to 3 per day, 12 to 18 par 
week. 

Louisburg, J. A. Butler, acc. for 300. 5 per day. 

Hotel Des Isles, Frank Collins, acc. for 120. 2 per day, 10 to 14 per week. 

Rockaway House, T. L. Roberts, acc. for 100. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 12 to 15 per 
week. 

Belmont, J. C. Manchester, acc. for 130. 2.5o per day, 12 to 14 per week. 
Lyman Cottage, J. S. Lyman, acc. for 125. 2.25 per day, 10.50 to 15.00 per week. 

Marlborough House, Samuel Higgins, acc. for 100 . 2 to 3 per day. 10 to 18 
per week. 

Parker house, E. C. Parker, acc. for 70. 2.50 per day, 15 per week. 

Cottage, A. E. Connors, acc. for 15. 2 per day, 12 per week. 

Cottage, D. A. Bunker, acc. for 28. 

Cottage, Mrs. Clara A. Stubbs, acc. for 34. 1 to 2 per day, 6 to 10 per week. 
Cottage, Mrs. Rhoda Grace, acc. for 8. 

Ocean House, Samuel Higgins, acc. for 40. 2 per day, 10 to 14 per week. 

Birch Tree Inn, J. A. Rodick, acc. for 50. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 

Hamilton House, Cleave Brothers, acc. for 40. 2 to 3 per day, 14 to 18 per 
week. * 

Green Mountain House, acc. for 75. 

BEACH BLUFF, MASS. 

Hotel Preston, Mrs. H. Morgan, acc. for 175. 4 per day, 15 to 25 per week. 

The Elms, Miss F. L. Cushing, acc. for 60. 3 per day, 10 to 20 per week. 

BLOCK ISLAND. 

The New Adrian, Nathan Mott, 45 rooms. 1.50 to 2.00 per day. 

Bellevue House, L. B. Mott, 20 rooms. 1.50 per day, 7 to 10 per week. 

Block Island House, Capt G. W. Conley, half a mile from landing, 30 rooms. 
8,10 and 12 per week. 

Central House, R. S. Littlefield, 20 rooms. 2 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 
Connecticut House, M. M. Day, 33 rooms. 2 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 
Eureka Hotel, Macy A. Ball, 50 rooms. 2 to 3 per day, 10 to 20 per week. 
Harbor Cottage, C. C. Ball, at landing, 25 rooms. 10 to 12 per week. 

Highland House, D. A. Mitchell, 65 rooms. Rates on application. 

Hygeia Hotel, R. F. Randall, manager, C. E. Champlain, proprietor, 75 
rooms. 2 to 3 per day. 

Hotel Msnisses, C. E. Brown, 75 rooms. Rates 1.50 to 2.50, 3 and 3.50 per day, 
12 per week and upwards. 

Mitchell Cottage, A. W. Mitchell, acc. for 40. 2.50 per day. 

Narragansett House, Chester E. Rose, near wharf, 40 rooms. 8 to 13 per week. 
National House, R. G. Lewis, Proprietor, near post-office, 55 rooms. 2.50 to 

3.50 per day. 

Norwich House, J. E. Rose, 18 rooms. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 
Ocean View Hotel, Nicholas Ball, proprietor, F. C. Cundall, S. C. Ball, man¬ 
agers, acc. for 500. 3.00 to 4.50 per day, 17.50 to 35.00 per week. 

Ocean Cottage, H. A. Mott, acc. for 25, 1.50 to 2.00 per day. 

Pequot House, Thaddeus A. Ball, Main Street, near beach, 55 rooms. 9 to 15 
per week, 1.50 to 2 per day. 

Sea Side House, Capt. Francis Willis, Beach Avenue, near bathing beach, 
30 rooms. 1 50 to 2.00 per day, 8 to 10 per week. 

South Cliff Cottage, Miss A. E. Viall, acc. for 60. 2 per day. 

Spring House, B. B. Mitchell, on heights overlooking landing, acc. for 300 
guests in large hotel and in an annex as large as ordinary hotel. 3.50 
per day. 

Surf Cottage Hotel, Charles W. Willis, on Bluff near bathing beach, 60 
rooms. Rates from 12 to 18 per week, 2 per day. 

Union House, Leander A. Ball, High Street, three minutes* walk from 
landing, 25 rooms. 1.50 to 2.00 per day. 

The Windsor, near wharf, C. C. Rose, 30 rooms. 2 per day, 9 to 12 per week. 
AVoonsocket House, A. J. Rose, midway between steamboat landing and 
bathing beach, 50 rooms. Rates $2 per day. 

Fern Cottage, Mrs. A. M. Cahill, acc. for 25. 1.50 to 2.00 per day. 

Fair View Cottage, L. Dodge, acc. for 25. 1.50 to 2.00 per day. 

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME. 

Menawarmet House, E. D. Knight, acc. for 100. 2 to 3 per day, 15 to 20 per 
week. 

Boothbay House, J. E. Knight, acc. for 75. 2 per day, 7 to 10 per week. 
Weymouth House, Miss Weymouth, acc. for 50. 1.50 per day, 8 per week. 

BRISTOL, R. I. 

Bristol Hotel, Martin V. Newton, 24 State Street, 34 rooms. % per day. 
Church Street H >use, J. C. Bickford. I per d*y, 


BRISTOL FERRY, R. I. 

Bristol Ferry House, Alfred Sisson, northern end of Rhode Island, 12 miles 
from Newport, 35 rooms. 10 a week single, 16 for two in a room. 

Locust Cottage, near Fe^ry Landing, K. Burnop, acc. for 25. 2 per day, 8 to 
10 per week. 

Peckham House, Portsmouth, R. I., a mile and a half from Bristol Ferry, 
Alanson Peckham, acc. for 16. 1.50 per day. 

BUTTONWOODS, R. I. 

Buttonwood Beach Hotel, Thomas H. Lyman, Greenwich Bay, 40 rooms. 
2 to 3 per day. 

Old Buttonwoods House, Randall & Clark, at Old Buttonwoods Beach, 
Greenwich Bay, 24 rooms. 7 to 9 per week. 

CHARLESTOWN, R. I. 

Ocean House, Peleg E. Sisson, northern shore of Pawawget or Charlestown 
Pond, Southern Rhode Island, 20 rooms. 2 per day, 7 to 8 per week. 

Ninigret House, Charlestown Beach, H. W. Taber. Furnishes table board 
for cottagers and others. 1.50 per day. 

COTTAGE CITY, MARTHAS VINEYARD, MASS. 

Pawnee House, J. Gardner Bassett, Circuit Avenue, 60 rooms. 2.50 to 3.00 
per day, 14.00 to 17.60 per week. 

Wesley House, A. G. W'esley, Lake Avenue and Commonwealth Square, 75 
rooms 2.50 per day, 10 to 17 per week. 

Sea View House, Frederic J. Hart, resident proprietor, on edge of Bluff at 
Oak Bluffs Landing, 200 rooms. 2.50 to 4.00 per day, $12 to $25 per week. 

Temple House, Mrs. Charles Simmonds, Wesley Vineyard Highlands, 15 
rooms. 1.25 per day, 7.50 to 8 00 per week. 

Vineyard Grove House, Joseph Dias, 31 and 32 SilOam Avenue, 30 rooms 

1.50 per day, 9 per week; special terms for the season. 

Naumkeag, Narragansett Avenue, 60 rooms. 2.50 to 3.50 per day. 

Central House, Montgomery Square, Miss J. H. Wetherell, European and 
American plan, 30 rooms. Board 1 per day, room and board, 1.50 to 2 50 
per day, 10 to 15 per week. 

Highland House, Vineyard Highlands, Herbert H. Field, 60 rooms. 2.00 to 

2.50 per day, 12 to 15 per week. 

The Narragansett, Mrs. A. A. Hill; 60 and 62 Narragansett Avenue, consists 
of four cottages, with 30 rooms. 2 to 2 per day. 

The Oakwood, D. W. Russell, 133 Circuit Avenue, opposite Post-Office, 60 
rooms. 2.00 to 2.50 per day. 

Pierce Villa, Mrs. A. B. Abby, 40 Narragansett Avenue, Oak Bluffs, 18 
rooms. 9 to 15 per week. 

The Pequot, L. E. Phinney, 21 Pequot Avenue, 2 rooms. 2 per day. 

Island House, H. H. Hayden, Circuit Avenue, 70 rooms. 2.50 per day. 

Tower Cottages, Mrs. S. Irwin, 30 and 32 Pequot Avenue, Oak Bluffs, 30 
rooms. 

Prospect House, Lagoon Heights, 50 rooms. 10 to 15 per week. 

Bellevue House, Eastviile, Mrs. J. V. Claghorn, acc. for 76. 

Wj%ming House, Vineyard Highlands, Mrs. J. H. Tilton, acc. for 75. 

CUSHINGS ISLAND (PORTLAND HARBOR) ME. 

Ottawa House, acc. for 400. 3 to 4 per day, 14 to 30 per week. 

EAST PROVIDENCE. 

Camp White House, Alfred A. White, Riverside; 75 rooms. 1.00 to 1.60 per 
day. 

Crescent Hotel, Bullocks Point, George E. Boyden, 50rooms. 1.00 to 1.50 per 
day. 

Cottage Home, Riverside, near steamboat landing, 20 rooms. 7 to 10 per 
week. 

Perry House. Emma A. Perry, Riverside, Grant Avenue, 20 rooms. 1.00 to 
l 25 per day; 5 to 10 per week. 

Pine Grove House, Pleasant Bluff, N. D. Jencks, 30 rooms. 1.50 to 2.50 per day. 

Riverside Hotel, George W r . Payton, Lincoln Avenue, 40 rooms. Terms 
reasonable. 

Riverside Landing House D. F.Gofif, Pomham Bluff, 15 rooms. 1.00 to 1.6 
per day. 

Silver Spring House, Silver Spring, Copeland & Hudson, three miles fiom 
Providence, 15 rooms. 2 per day, 7 to 10 per week. 

Smith’s Palace Hotel, Pleasant Bluff, 40 rooms. Geo. E. Cranston. 2.00 to 2.50 
per day. 

Studio Hotel, Riverside. C. F. Pierce, acc. for 20. 1 per day, 7 per week. 

EDGARTOWN, M. V., MASS. 

Ocean View, Abram Osborn, Water street, 25 rooms. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 8 to 
10 per w r eek. 

Seaside Cottage. Captain Geo. A. Smith, 15 rooms. 2 per day, 12 per week. 

FALL RIVER, MASS. 

Wilbur House, Geo. K. Wilbur, acc. for 200. 2 per day. 

Mellen Rouse, Geo, H Bowker & Co„ acc, for 150. 3 to 4 per day, 


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FALMOUTH, MASS. 

Hotel Falmouth, Geo. W. Fish, 48 rooms 2 per day. 

Qulssett Harbor House, G. W. Fish, 2 miles from railroad station, acc. for 
125. 2.50 per day. 

Menawhant Hotel, Floyd Travis, Vineyard 8ound, seven miles from station, 
hotel coach meets every train, 70 rooms. 2 per day. 

Tower’s Hotel, Geo. E. Tower, Falmouth Heights, 85 rooms. 3 per day. 
Goodwin House, Mrs. 0. H. Goodwin, Falmouth Heights, 30 rooms. 8 to 10 
per week. 

Tobey House, Asa P. Tobey, Waquoit, 7 miles from station, 6 rooms. 1.50 per 
day. 

GLOUCESTER, MASS. 

Pavilion, W. P. Davis, acc. for 140. 3 per day, 10 to 20 per week. 

Webster, Nathaniel Webster, acc. for 75. 2 per day, 7 to 10 per week. 

Mason House, E. E. Saville, acc- for 100. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 
Belmont, A. Malonson, acc. for 70. 1 to 2 per day, 7 to 10 per week. 

Craig Cottage, Mrs. M. E. Merrill, acc. for 50. 2.00 to 2.5C per day, 10 to 15 per 
week. 

Bass Rock, W. E. Forbes, acc. for 250. 12.50 to 21.00 per week. 

Delphine, Mrs. L. Pearson, acc. for 70. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 12 to 16 per week. 
Beachcrof t, Mrs. H. M Bray, acc. for 60. 1.50 to 2 per day, 7 to 10 per week. 
Fairview Cottage, Mrs. C. Renton, acc. for 50. 1.50 per day, 7 to 13 per week. 
Harbor View, B. S. Brazier, acc. for 30. 1.60 to 2 per day, 8 to 10 per week. 
Ocean, H. H. Roberts, acc. for 20. 2 per day, 7 to 12 per week. 

GREAT CHEBEAGUE ISLAND (Portland Harbor) ME. 
SunnysideiHouse, J. E. Jenks, acc. for 30. 2 per day, 7 to 10 per week. 

HAMPTON, N. H. (Beach.) 

Boar’s Head, S. H. Dumas, acc. for 150. 2 to 3 per day, 7 to 20 per week. 
Hampton Beach, Leavitt Bros., acc. for 50. 1.50 to 2.50 per day, 8 to 14 per 
week. 

Granite, S. H. Dumas, acc. for 75. 1.00 to 2.60 per day, 7 to 15 per week. 

Eagle, Lewis l*. Nudd, acc- for 60. 1 to 2 per day, 6 to 12 per week. 

Union, O. H. Whittier, acc. for 75. 1 to 2 per day, 7 to 14 per week. 

Surf, G. A. Weare, acc. for 30. 1 to 2 per day, 6 to 12 per week. 

Sea View House, J. G. Cutler, acc. for 50. 2 per day, 10 to 14 per week. 

De Lancey Place. C. De Lancey, acc. for 30. 7 per week. 

HINGHAM, MASS. 


Sea Grove Cottage, W. B. Barney, acc. for 25. 1.50 per day, 8 per week. 
Riverside House, Geo. Gooch, acc. for 75. 2 per day, 8 to 15 per week. 

Grand View Cottage, acc. for 15. 2 per day, 8 to 15 per week. 

Highland House, O. L. Wells, acc. for 50. 7 to 15 per week. 

Nonanturn House, Henry A. Heckman, acc. for 50. 2 per day, 9 to li per 
week. 

Arundel House, Miss J. Paine, acc. for 50. 2 per day, 10 to 15 per week. 
Norton House, R. W. Norton, acc. for 50. 2 per day, 10 to 12 per week. 
Beckford House, J. W. Beckford, acc. for 75. 2 per day, 9 to 15 per week. 
Eagle Rock House, J. D. Wells, acc. for 75. 2 per day, 8 to 14 per week. 

Shiloh House, Cape Porpoise, Olivia H. White, acc. for 40. I to 2 per day, 7 to 
12 per week. 

Grove Hill House, J. F. Paul, acc. for 125. 

Bass Rock House, J. A. Wells, acc. for 40. 2 per day, 10 to 13 per week. 

KITTERY POINT, ME. 

Hotel Park Field, J. E. Frisbee, acc. for 75. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 10 to 15 per 
week. 

Pepperell House, E. F. Safford, acc. for 75. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 10.00 to 17.50 
per week. 

Hotel Pocahontas, H. A. Cobb, Mgr., acc. for 150. 3 to 4 per day, 12 to 21 per 
week. 

Champernowne, H. Mitchell, Jr., acc for 125. 2.50 to 3.00 per day, 12 to 18 per 
week. 

LITTLE CHEBEAGUE ISLAND (Portland Harbor), ME. 
The Waldo, Sidney W. Sea, acc for 150. 3 per day, 10 to 15 per week. 

LONG ISLAND (Portland Harbor), ME. 

Dirigo House, J. Perry, acc. for 80. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 7 to 9 per week. 
Granite Spring Hotel, E. Ponce, acc. for 1(0. 1.50 to 3.00 per day, 10 to 20 per 
week. 

Casco Bay House, C. E. Cushing, acc. for 65. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 7 to 9 per 
Week. 

MAGNOLIA, MASS. 

Magnolia Hotel, Magnolia Hotel Co., F. E. Farmer, manager, acc. for 350. 
3 to 4 per day, 15 to 30 per week. 

Oceanside, George A. Upton, acc. for 300. 3.60 per day, 15 to 25 per week. 

Oak Grove, B. F. Hunt, acc. for 75. 2.50 per day, 12 to 15 per week. 

Sunset, Mrs. H. H. Roberts, acc. for 35. 2 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 

Hesperus, Mrs. O. Page, acc. for 250. 3.00 to 3.20 per day, 15 to 25 per week. 
The Blynman, Allen Knowlton, acc. for 150. 2.50 per day, 12 to 15 per week. 
Magnolia Cottage, R. Stanley, acc. for 25. 2 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 


Rose Standish House, Downer’s Landing, J. D. Scudder, 100 rooms. 3 per day. 
Cushing House, Hingham Village, Geo. Cushing, 35 rooms. 2 per day. 
Lincoln House, Hingham Village, George Harwood, 32 rooms. 3 per day. 

HOPE ISLAND (PORTLAND HARBOR), ME. 

Hope Island House, J. B. Osgood, acc. for 25. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 8 to 10 per 
week. 

HULL. 


Hotel Pemberton, Gaskill & Brooks, acc. for 300. 4 per day, 25 per week. 
Oregon House, T. T. Harrington, acc. for 150. 3 per day, 15 per w r eek. 
West End, S. Kneeland, acc. for 100. 2.50 per day, 12 per week. 

St. Cloud, G. Hastings, acc. for 75. 2.50 per day, 12 per week. 


HYANNIS. 

Ivanough House, T. H. Soule, Jr., acc. for 75. 2 per day. 

Washburn House, Craigville, Mrs. F. B. Washburn, acc. for 75. 2 per day. 
Sabins House, Craigville, Mason Fisher, acc. for 75. 2 per day. 


ISLES OF SHOALS, N. H. 

Appledoie, Laighton Bros., acc. for 700. 3.50 per day, 17.50 to 21.00 per week. 

Oceanic, O. L. Frisbee, acc. for 700. 3.50 per day, 17.50 to 21.00 per week. 

JAMESTOWN, CONANICUT ISLAND, R. I. 

Bay Voyage, J. A. Brown, 50 rooms, 2.50 per day. 

Hotel Thorndike, C. E. Wee den, new house, acc. for about 300, reasonable 
rates. 

Bay View House, Charles T. Knowles, Jamestown, opposite Newport. 90 
rooms, with annex and cottages. 9.50 to 15.00 per week, 2.50 per day. 

Champlin House, W. A. Champlin, near steamboat landing, 33 rooms. 10 
per week, single room, 18 per week, double room. 

Gardner House, Gardner & Littlefield; east side of Jamestown, near steam¬ 
boat lauding, 80 rooms, 2.00 per day. 

Prospect House, Charles E. Weeden, Green Street; 44 rooms. 10 to 15 per 
week. 

Hotel Conanicut, Mrs. K. E. Brown, Conanicut Park, 50 rooms, 2.50 per day 
9 to 15 per week. 

K AT AM A, M. V., MASS. 

Mattakeesett Lodge, George A. Jencks, acc. for 150. 2.50 to 3 50 per diy. 

KENNEBUNKPORT, ME. 

Ocean Bluff, Stimpson & Devnell, acc. for 450. 3 to 4 per day, 15 to 28 per 
week. 

Parker House, acc. for 150. 3.00 to 3.50 per day, 12 to 21 per week. 

Beach House, Owen Wentworth, acc. for 70. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 8 to 12 per 
week. 

Granite State House, A. Stuart, acc. for 80. 2 per day, 10 to 13 per week. 

Setview House, J. H. Hubbard, acc. for 50. 1.50 per day, 7 to 15 per week. 

Cliff House and Glen Cottage, B. F. Eldridge, acc. for 150. 7 to 15 per week. 

Seaside House, I. P. Gooch, acc. for 50. 1.50 per day, 8 to 15 per week. 

Ledge Cottage, F. A, Wentworth, acc, for 15. i-5o per day, 8 per week, 


MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA. 

Masconom, J. J. Sullivan, acc. for 300. 5 per day, 30 to 40 per week. 

Brown Cottage, Miss C. E. Brown, acc. for 50. 2.50 per day, 14 to 25 per week. 

Mt. Pleasant Farm, Mrs. John Baker, 10 rooms. 2 per day, 10 to 12 per week. 

Manchester House, J. E. Margeson, acc. for 50. 2.50 \ er day. 

MARSHFIELD, MASS. 

Fair View, M. Swift, Brant Rock, acc. for 100. 2.00 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 

Brant Rock House, C. T. 8ummer, acc. for 200. 2 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 

Baker’s Cottage, Mrs. Baker, Brant Rock, acc. for 30. 1 per day, 5 to 6 per 
week. 

Churchhill House, Dr. Davison, Brant Rock, acc. for 250. 2 per day, 8 to 12 
per week. 

MATTAPOISETT, MASS. 

Mattapoisett House, R. E. Achorn, 40 rooms. 2 per day. 

Ocean View House, Mrs. Sarah A. Maccounell, Main Street, acc. for 20. 1.50 
to 2.00 per day. 

Barstow House, Wilson Barstow, fronting the sea, acc. for 20. 2 per day. 

MONUMENT BEACH, MASS. 

[Buzzard’s Bay.] 

Monument Beach House, C. O. Emery, acc. for 25. 2 per day, 10 per week. 

MOUNT DESERT FERRY, ME. 

The Bluffs, G. T. Stockham, acc- for 200. 2.50 to 3.00 per day, 10 to 20 per week. 

MYSTIC, CONN. 

Hoxie House, Frank Foote, acc. for 60. 2 per day. 

Norcross House, E. A. Holbrook, acc. for 150. 2.50 to 3.50 per day. 

NANTUCKET, MASS. 

Atlantic House, Mrs. Eliza Chadwick, in the village of ’Sconset, acc. for 75. 
3 per day. 

Ocean View Hotel, Levi S. Coffin, in the village of ’Sconset, acc. for 150. 2.60 
and 3.00 per day, 

Ocean House, Mrs. J. S. Doyle, corner Broad and Centre streets, 60 rooms, 
rates 2.50 and 3.00 per day. 

The Nantucket, W. M. Tupper, Brant Point, 125 rooms. Rates, July, 3 00 to 
3.50, August, 3.00 to 4.00 per day, acc. for 300. 

Veranda House, Mrs. S. G. Davenport, North Water Street, 80 rooms. 2.00 to 
2 50 per day, 10 to 15 per week, acc. for 150 guests. 

Springfield House, Charles H. Mowry, North Water street, 90 rooms. 2.50 to 
3.50 per day, 12 to 20 per week, acc. for 200. 

The Sherburne, Janies Petterson, Orange Street, acc. for 150. 2.50 per day 
14 per week. 

Sea Cliff Inn, Mrs. C. W. Pettee, on the Cliffs, North street, 45 rooms. 12 to 
18 per week, 2.50 per day for transient guests. 

Wauwinet House, Head of Harbor, William H. Norcross, manager, 26 rooms 
lu per week upwards. 

American House. Orange street, Charles A. Burgess, 20 rooms. 1.50 per day, 
8.00 per week. 

Surf-Side Hotel, South Shore. James Patterson & Son, 60 rooms, acc. for 160 
3.00 to 3.50 per day, Post Office, Nantucket. 

Bay View House, James Patterson, Orange street, 2,50 tp 3,00 per day, acc 









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NANTASKET, MASS. 


Irvington Souse, Nantasket Beach, J. Walsh 
Capacity 75. 


, 2 per day, 10 to 12 per Week. 


Rockland House, Nautasket Beach, E. Stanton, 4 per day, 25 to 40 per week. 
Capacity 300. 

Hotel Nantasket, Nantasket Beach, R. G. Sturgis. 4 per day, 25 to 40 per 
week. Capacity 300. 

Atlantic House, Nantasket Beach, Damon Bros. 4 per day, 25 to 40 per week. 


New Pacific House, Centre Hill, Brad. Hathaway. 2 to 3 per day, 12 to 15 per 
week. Acc. for 150 


Black Rock House, Jerusalem Road, Miss Smith. 2 to 3 per day, 12 to 15 per 
week. Capacity 100. ^ 

Hampton^House, Nantasket Beach, A. Jones. 2 per day, 10 to 12 per week. 


Arlington House, Nantasket Beach. Chessman Bros. 2 per day, 10 to 22 per 
week. Capacity 75. 


NORTH HAMPTON, N. H. 

[Rye Beach.] 

Farragut and Atlantic, J. C. Philbrook & Son, acc. for 175. 3.50 to 4 .«kj per 
day, 21 to 25 per week. 

Seaview, Geo. G. Lougee, acc. for 120. 3.50 per day, 15 to 25 per week. 

Rising Sun, E. B. Philbrick, acc. for 32. 2 per day. 

Woodbine, S. B. Spear, acc. for 14. 2 per day, 10 to 15 per week. 

Seaside, J. O. Hobbs, acc. for 20. 2 per day, 9 to 15 per week. 

Centennial, D. W. Dalton, acc. for 7. 2 per day, 10 to 15 per week. 

OAKLAND BEACH, R. I. 

Oakland Beach Farm House, Oakland Beach, M. V. Wilson, 25 rooms, lo to 
16 per week. 

Oakland Beach Hotel, Bradford & Sawin, 115 rooms and one cottage with 9 
rooms. Terms on application. 


NARRAGANSETT, R. I. 

Halcyon House, Silas Briggs, acc. for 12. 2.50 per day. 


NARRAGANSETT PIER, R. I. 

Atlantic House Stephen T. Browning, 100 rooms. 2.50 to 4.00 per day. 

Atwood House, James A. Tucker, Ocean Road, 100 rooms. 3 a day. 

Clarks, Burns & Ney, European plan, acc. for 100. Rooms, 1 to 3 per day. 

Congdon House, Henry Sherman, five minutes’ drive from railroad station, 
lb rooms. 1 to 3 per day. 

The Continental, Clark N. Schofield, 120 rooms. 3 to 4 per day. 

The Gladstone, W A. Nye, 200 rooms. 4 to 6 per day; 20 to 35 per week, single 
room; 30 to 4o per week, double rooms. 

Hotel Berwick, Ocean Avenue, J. A. Tucker, proprietor, John J. Benson, 
manager, acc. for 250. 3 to 5 per day. 

Hotel Columbus, W. A. Nye, 60rooms. 5 per day; 20 to 30 per week, single 
room; 30 to 40 per week, double rooms. 

Greene’s Inn, H W & N. R. Greene, Ocean Front, 60 rooms. 4 and 5 per 
day. Open all the year round. 

Massasoit House, John Babcock, superintendent, Mathewson Street, 70 
rooms. 3.00 to 3.50 per day. 

The Mathewson, S. W Mathewson, Ocean Avenue, 150 rooms. 4 00 and 4 50 
per day. Special rate by the week. 

Metat<3xet House, John H. Caswell, 76 rooms. Double rooms, 25 to 28* 
single, 15 to 21 per week; 3 to 5 per day. 

Chandler’s, Congdon Street, James C. Chandler, 40 rooms. 15 to 25 per 
week; 2 to 3 per day. * 

Ocean House, Earnest Caswell, Caswell Street, 60 rooms. 3 per day 14 to 17 
single rooms; 22 to 25 double rooms per week. 

Pettaquamscuit House, Peleg Brown, Little Neck Farm, acc. for 60 guests 
3 per day 

The Revere, F. P. W. Tefft, lessee, Ocean Road, 100 rooms. 3 to 4 per day. 

The Rockingham, J. G. Burns, Main Street, between Casino and bathing 
beach, 120 rooms. 3.50 to 5.00 per day. 

Tower Hill House, H. L. Scranton, Tower Hill, 100 rooms. 3 per day • 12 to 
18 per week. 


NEW BEDFORD. 

Bancroft House, H. M. Brownell, Union Street, corner Acushnet Avenue, 
acc. for 100. 2.00 to 3.50 per day. 

Mansion House, C. W. Ripley, Union street, corner of Second street, acc 
for 75. 2 per day, 10 per week. 

Parker House, Purchase Street, H. M. Brownell, acc. for 150. 2.60 to 3.50 per 
day, 10 to 15 per week. 


NEWBURYPORT, MASS. 

The Wolfe Tavern, F. S. Hayward, acc. for 12o. 2.00 to 3.50 per day, 7 to 12 
per week. 

Brown Square, J. F. Morrill, acc. for 80 . 1 per day, 6 to 7 per week. 

Webster House, H. A. Webster, acc. for 60. 1 to 2 per day, 7 to 9 per week. 

NEWPORT, R. I. 

Ocean House, J. G. Weaver and Son, Bellevue Avenue, 300 rooms. 4 per day. 

Brayton House, J. B. Brayton, 38 and 44 Pelham Street, 33 rooms 2 00 to 
2.50 per day. 

Central House, Geo. E. Houghton, 14 Bath Road, acc. for 75, Meals at all 
hours. 

The Aquidneck, E. Y. Westcott, Pelham Street, 75 rooms, 4.00 per day, cor¬ 
responding rate by the week. 

Perry House, J. F. Champlin, Washington Square, 100 rooms, 8 per day. 

Pinard House, Armand Pinard, Bellevue Avenue, corner Redwood Street, 
22 rooms, 4 and 5 per day. 

Cliff Avenue Hotel and Cottages, M. F. Misser, 8 cottages on Cliff 3 , meals 
and service, and cottages in other parts city. Rates on application. 

Clifton House, R. P. Cummings, 113 to 115 Bellevue Avenue, 34 rooms 
2.50 to 3.00 per day. 

Park House, J. S. Briggs, acc. for 50, 1.50 to 2.00 per day. 

Pelham House, Mrs. C. A. Snow, acc. for 30, 2.00 per day. 

Ambrose Hotel, S. T. Hubbard, 2.00 per day. 

NORTHEAST HARBOR, (Mt. Desert.) ME. 

Rock End, Herman L. Savage, acc. for 150. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 10 to 16 per 
per week. 

Kimball House, D. Kimball, acc. for 175. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 10 to 16 per week. 

Harbor Cottages, A. C. Savage, acc. for 125. 2.00 to 2.50 per day. 10 to 16 per 
per week. 

Roberts House, H. D. Roberts, acc. for 60. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 10 to 16 per 
week. 

Clifton House, C. R. Kimball, acc. for 50. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 10 to 16 per 
week. 

Indian Head Cottage, A. L. Manchester, acc. for 40. lo to 16 per week. 


OLD ORCHARD BEACH, ME. 

Old Orchard House, E. C. Staples, acc. for 500. 

Ocean House, acc. for 400. 

Hotel Fiske, C. H. Fiske, acc. for 300. 3.00 to 3.50 per day, 14 to 25 per week. 
Seashore House, F. G. Staples, acc. for 300. 3.00 to 3.50 per day, 14 to 21 per 
week. 

Lawrence House, J. H. Hoene, acc. for 150. 2.50 per day, 9 to 15 per week. 
Gorham House, G. W. Gorham, acc. for 100. 2.00 to 2 50 per day. 

Aldine Hotel, Samuel Haines acc. for 125. 2 to 3 per day, 10 to 16 per week. 
Hotel Belmont, acc. for 125. 1.50 to 3.00 per day, 15 to 30 per week. 

Irving House, Mrs. G. S. Googins, acc. for 100. 1 to 2 per day, 7 to 10 per week 
Cleaves Restaurant, T. L. Cleaves, acc. for 75. 2 per day, 10 per week. 

Cleaves House, Mrs. J. T. Cleaves, acc. for 40. 2 per day, 10 to 12 per week. 
Pine Cottage, E. H. Miliken, acc. for 35. 1.50 per day, 7 to 10 per week. 
Montreal House, Mrs. A. B. Blanchard, acc. for 100. 2 per day, 10 to 15 per 
week. 

Revere House, L. A. Pilsbury, acc. for loo. 2.50 per day, 14 per week. 

Staples Cottage, M. F. Porter, acc. for 60. 7 to 10 per week. 

Central Park House, acc. for 60 . 1.00 to 1.50 per day. 

Linwood House, Mrs. H. T. Lord, acc. for 50. 2 per day, 10 per week. 

Western, M. A. J. Staples, acc. for 35. 7 to 12 per week. 

Hotel Everett, Mrs. M. F. Poster, acc. for 150. 2 to 3 per day, 10 to 15 per week. 
Ingleside Cottage, acc. for 50. 1.50 per day, 7 to 10 per week. 

Waverly Cottage, J. E. Webber, acc. for 25. 7 per week. 

Granite State Hotel, Mrs. I. C. Estes, Ocean Park, acc. for 75. 1.50 to 2.00 per 

day. 

Atlantic House, Mrs. S. D. Moulton, acc. for 75. 1.50 to 2.50 per day, 9 to 12 
per week. 

Lowell House, J. R. Duff, acc. for 60. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 7 to 12 per week 
Lynn Cottage, M. M. Boyden, acc. for 25. 1 per day . 1 
Seaside House, W. G. Harmon, acc. for 45. LOO to 1 50 per day. 

PAWTUCKET, R. I. 

Benedict House, Franz Donath, acc for 60 . 2 per day. 

Aumann House, J. H. Gurry, acc. for 40. 2 per day. 

The Rou8inanere, M. E. White & Co., acc. for 45. 1 per day. 

Pawtucket Hotel, 23 Broadway, acc. for 60. Rates reasonable. 

PEACEDALE, R. I. 

Peace Dale House, J. McArdle, 25 rooms. Rates reasonable. 

PEAKS ISLAND (PORTLAND HARBOR), ME. 

Union House, Mrs. E. A. Jones, acc. for 75. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 10 to 12 per 
week. 

Bay View House, J. T. Sterling, acc. for 75. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 10 to 12 per 
week. 

Greenwood Restaurant, E. A. Sawyer, acc. for 20. 1.60 to 2.00 per day, 8 to 10 
per week. 

Central Cottage, S. Skillings, acc. for 20. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 8 to 10 per week. 
Oceanic House, Mrs. R. T. Sterling, acc. for 60. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 10 to 12 
per week. 

Toronto Cottage, A V. Ackley, acc. for 20. 1.50 per day, 7 to 8 per week. 
Willow Cottage, J. Sterling, acc. for 20. 1.60 per day, 8 to 10 per week. 

Avenue House, M. C. Sterling, acc. for 60. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 10 to 12 per 
week. 

Highland Cottage, W. J. Gardner, acc. for 2o. 1.50 per day, 8 to 10 per week. 
Innis House, Miss S. Innis, acc. for 15. 1.50 per day, 8 to 10 per week. 

Oak Cottage, H. 8killings, acc. for 20. 1.50 per day, 8 to 10 per week. 

Peak’s Island House. E. A. Sawyer, acc. for 60. 1 to 2 per day, 10 to 12 per 
per week. 

Valley View House, W. S. Trefethen, acc. for 76. 1.50 to 2 00 per day, 10 to 12 
per week. 

Bethel House, Mrs. A. McDonald, acc. for 30. 1.50 per day, 7 per week. 
Summer Retreat, Dr. J. Torrin^ ton, acc. for 60 . 1.50 per day, 10 to 12 per week. 
Central House, S. S. York. 1.50 per day, 8 per week. 

Hillside House, Mrs. F. A. Jones, acc. for 20. 1.50 per day, 8 to 10 per week. 
Prospect House C. I. Blake, acc. for 20. 1.50 per day, 8 per week. 

PINE POINT BEACH (SCARBORO), ME. 

Sportsman House, J. W. Pillsbury, acc. for 40. 2 per day, 10 to 12 per week. 
Pine Point House, M. F. Milliken, acc. for 25. 1.50 per day, 7 per week. 
Meredith House, Mrs. Rose Hooker, acc. for 25. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, lo per 
week. 

PLYMOUTH, MASS. 

Samoset House, D. H. Maynard, acc. for 150. 2.50 per day, 10 to 15 per week. 
Hotel Pilgrim, Proctor A. Roberts, acc. for 150. 2.50 to 3.00 per day, 15 to 20 
per week. 

Central House, M. E. Dodge, acc. for 60. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 5 to 8 per week. 
Plymouth Rock House, C. H. Snell, acc. for 50. 2 per day, 8 te 14 per week. 


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Churchill House, A. R. Churchill, acc. for 25. 1 per day, 4.50 to 6.00 per week. 
Franklin House, A. C. Finney, acc. for 60. 2 per day, 7 to 14 per week. 

Rice Cottage, Mrs. M. S. Rice, acc. for 25. 2 per day, 7 to 9 per week. 

PORTLAND, ME. 

Falmouth hotel, J. K. Martin, acc. for 400. 3 to 4 per day, 20 to 30 per week. 
Preble House, M. S. Gibson, acc. for 300. 3.00 to 3.50 per day, 14 to 30 per week. 
United States Hotel, Foss & O’Connor, acc. for 150. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 14 to 
30 per week. 

City Hotel, E. C. Sweet, acc. for 100. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 
Merchants’ Exchange Hotel, George E. Watson, acc. for 100. 1.50 to 2.00 per 
day, 6 to 14 per week. 

Perry Hotel, J. J. Perry, acc. for 40. 1.50 per day, 5 to 7 per week. 

St Julian Hotel, R. W. Underwood, acc. for 125. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 8 to 15 
per week. 

PORTSMOUTH, N. H. 

Rockingham House, W. R. Hill, manager, acc. for 300. 4 per day, 20 to 25 per 
week. 

Kearsarge, J. W. Goodwin, acc. for 75. 2 to 3 per day, 8 to 14 per week. 
Langdon, E. T. Cotton, acc. for 75. 2 per day, 7 to 14 per week 

PROVIDENCE, R. I. 

Narragansett Hotel, L. H. Humphreys, acc. for 500. 3 to 5 per day. 

Hotel Dorrance, Geo. W. Cross, acc. for 200. European. 

City Hotel, Providence City Hotel Co., acc for 200. 2 to 3 per day. 

Central Hotel, Hopkins & Sears, acc. for 300. European. 

Hotel Perrin, J. B. Reed, acc. for 100. 2 per day. 

Hotel Bristol, Wm. Larcher, acc. for 60 . European. 

Revere House, J. R. Murphy, acc. for 40. European. 

ROCKPORT AND PIGEON COVE, MASS. 

Turks Head Inn, F. A. Nunns, acc. for 200. 2 to 4 per day, 10 to 20 per week. 
Pigeon Cove, Robinson & Co., acc. for 150. 2.50 per day, 12 to 15 per week. 
Ocean View, D. K. & L. H. Phillips, acc. for 120. 2 per day, 12 per week. 
Linwood, James Hurd, acc for 120. 2 per day, 12 per week. 

Abbott House, A. Harding, acc. for 50. 2 per day, 10 to 12 per week. 

SAUNDERSTOWN. 

Ourte Mere House, Stillman Saunders, 30 rooms. 2.5o per day. 

Carpenter House, B. Watson. 2.50 per day. 

SCARBORO BEACH, ME. 

Atlantic House, S. B. Gunnison, acc for 125. 2.50 per day, 14 per week. 
Kirkwood House, Otis Kaler, acc. for 125. 2 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 

Jocelyn House, F. B. Libby, acc. for 125. 2.00 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 

West Point House, Geo. H. Milliken, acc. for 6t. 10 to 14 per week. 

Checkley House, Ira Foss, Prout’s Neck, acc. for 60. lo to 12 per week. 
Cammock House, Mrs. S. J. Libby, acc. for 75. 8 to 10 per week. 

Southgate, J. M. Kaler, acc. for 65. 9 to 15 per week. 

Prout’s Neck House, E. Seavey, Prout’s Neck, 10 rooms. 8 to 10 per week. 
Spurwink House, George Mitchell, acc. for 12. 

The Willows, I. C. Foss, acc. for 40. 8 to lo per week. 

SEACONNET POINT, LITTLE COMPTON, R. I. 

1 he Sakonnet, J. L. Slocum, acc. for 75. 2.50 per day, 12 to 75 per week. 

SEA VIEW, MASS. 

Hotel Humarock, Humarock Beach, A. M. Mills, acc. for 250. 

Freedom House, Humarock Beach, acc, for 0. 1.50 per day, 8 to lo per week. 

SOMESVILLE (Mt. Desert), ME. 

Central House, Wm. FenneJly, acc. for 25. 2 per day, 10 per week. 

Somes House, Somes Brothers, acc. for 25. 2.00 per day, lo per week. 

Babson House, E. E. Babson, acc. for 25. 2 per day, 10 per week. 

Atherton Hotel, B. T. Atherton, acc. for 25. 2.00 per day, 10 per week. 

Mt. Desert House, A. M. Hadley. 2 per day, 10 per week. 

SOUTH DUXBURY, MASS. 

Standish House, Standish Shore, F. H. Palmer, acc. for 125. 2.00 to 2 50 per 
day. * y 

SOUTHWEST HARBOR, (Mt. Desert), ME. 

Island House, H. H. Clark, acc. for 225. 2 per day, 9 to 12 per week. 

Freeman House James A. Freeman, acG. for 75. 1.75 per day, 7 to 10 per week. 
Ocean House, A. Allen, acc. for 150. 1.75 per day, 8 to 10 per week. 

Stanley House, S. Stanley, acc for. 150. 1.75 per day, 8 to 10 per week. 

Hotel Dirigo, C. M. Holden, acc. for 50. 2 per day, 8 to 14 per week. 
Claremont House, Jesse Pease, acc. for 75. 2 per day, 10 to 14 per week 
Sea Wall House, D. S. Mooney, acc. for 100. 1.75 per day, 8 to 10 per week. 
Boarding-house, S. H. Clark, acc. for 20. 1 per day, 7 per week. 

Boarding House, Nathan Clark, acc. for 12. 1 per day, 7 per week. 

STOCKTON, ME. 

Fort Point House, J. 0. Ryder, acc. for 250. 2.50 to 3.00 per day, lo to 20 per 
week. 

SWAMPSCOTT, MASS. 

Ocean House, Kilburn & Carter, acc for 250. 18 to 25 per week. 

Lincoln House, Ward well Bros., acc. for 200. 18 to 25 per week. 

Thomas Villa, Miss Durland, acc. for 3o. 8 to 12 per week. 

Cliff House, J. A. Knowlton, acc. for 80 . 8 to 17 per week. 

Blaney House, W. R. Blaney, acc. for 100. 8 to 16 per week. 

Oakland House, J. G. Stanley, acc. for 80 . lo to 15 per week. 

Cove House, J. Blaney, acc. for 60. 

The Ware, Mrs. Leitch, acc. for 50. 


TAUNTON, MASS. 

City Hotel, Floyd Travis, acc. for 150. 2.50 per day. 

Hotel Bristol, L. N. Francis, acc. for 60. 1.50 per day. 

VINEYARD HAVEN. 

The Cedars, West Chop, Miss E. S. Clifford, acc. for 80. 15 to 20 per Week. 
Mansion House, Samuel Look, opeu all the year, acc. for 100. 2 per day. 
Grove Hill House, Mrs. Guinn, 20 rooms. 7 to 10 per week. 

The Tashmoo, Carrie F. Costello, Main street, acc. for 30. 2 per day. 

WAKEFIELD, R. I. 

Columbia House, W. B. Davidson, 40 rooms. 1 to 2 per day. 

Wakefield House, Louis Anthony, 18 rooms. 2 per day. 

WARREN, R. I. 

Fessenden House, Mrs. George L. Crump, corner Main and Croade streets, 
50 rooms, 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 6 to 10 per week. 

Cole’s Hotel, Jeremiah Goff. Main, corner Joyce Street, 35 rooms. 1.50 to 
2.00 per day, 6 to 10 per week. 

WARWICK, R. I. 

Warwick Arms Hotel, Rocky Point. European Plan. 

Warwick Neck Inn, H. P Bliss, Warwick Neck, 40 rooms. Terms on appli¬ 
cation. 

WATCH HILL, R. I. 

Atlantic House, O. S. Spencer; 80 rooms. 2 and 3 per day, 10 to 21 per week 
Larkin House, D. F. Larkin, 206 rooms, acc. for 400 guests. 4 per day. 
Plympton, Bay View, Dickens, and Narragansett Hotels, William Hill, pro¬ 
prietor, all fronting on Little Narragansett Bay, 250 rooms, dining¬ 
room at Plympton. 2.00, 2.50, 3.00 and 4.00 per day. 

Ocean House, J. J. Champlin, 150 rooms. 4 per day. 

Watch Hill House, A. R. Hale, 165 rooms. 4 per day. 

WELLS BEACH, ME. 

Bay View House, Miss Mary Laughlin, acc. for 40. 2 per day, 10 to 14 per week. 
Littlefield House, A. J. Littlefield, acc. for 25. 1 per day, 6 per week. 

Davis House, J. M. Davis, acc. for 20. 1 per day, 6 per week. 

Perkins House, L. Perkins, acc. for 20. 1 per day, 6 per week. 

Mumetonka House, A. A. Perkins, acc. for 25. 1 per day, 6 per we^k. 

WESTERLY, R. I. 

Dixon House, Chauncey W. Johnson, Broad Street, Dixon House Square 
125 rooms. 2.50 per day. 

Martin House, M. F. Marun, American and European plans, 2 per day. 

WEST MYSTIC, CONN. 

Cordner House, Mrs A. E. Cordner, acc. for 35. 

WICKFORD, R. I. 

Cold Spring House, T. C. Peirce and C. P. Peirce, 41 rooms. 2.50 to 3.00 per 
day. 

Narragansett House, Henry S. Congdon, corner Wall and Main streets, 17 
rooms. l.Ou to 1.50 per day. 

Wickford House, 55 Main street, Georwe L. Prentice, proprietor, 40 rooms, 
1 to 2 per day. 

WOODS HOLL. 

Dexter House, J. H. Melvin, fine location on Vineyard Sound, 20 rooms 2 
per day, 8 to 12 per week. 

YARMOUTH, MASS. 

Nobscussett House, Dennis Beach, Luther Hall, acc. for 200. 2.50 per day 12 
to 20 per week. 

YORK, ME. 

Marshall, E. S. Marshall, acc. for 400. 2.60 to 3.00 per day, 14.00 to 17 50 per 
week. 

Sea Cottage, C. A. Grant, acc. for 100. 1.50 to 2.60 per day, 12 per week. 

Hotel Bartlett, H. E. Evans, acc. for 150. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 10 to 15 per week 

Grand View House, J. F. Young, acc. for 200. 1.50 to 3.00 per day, 8 to 20 per 
week. 

Garrison, Preble & Sanborn, acc. for 100. 

Sea View House, M. Perkins, acc. for 50. 1 to 2 per day, 6 to 10 per week. 
Ocean House, Ellis & Sons, acc. for 300. 2 to 3 per day, 12 to 21 per week. 

Atlantic House, C. B. Hildreth & Son, acc. for 100. 2 to 3 per day, 10 to 20 per 
week. 

Hotel Rockaway, H. A. Mitchell, acc. for 75. 1.50 to 2.50 per day, 10 to IS per 
w eek. 

Concord House, R. B. Morgan, acc. for 60. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 
Fairmoht House, A. D. Walker, acc. for 50. 2 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 
Agamenticus, M. S. Griffin, acc. for 40. 1.50 to 2.00 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 
Union Bluff House, M. French, acc. for 50. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 8 to 15 per 

W 66K, 

Beach House, A. D. Sayward, acc. for 30. 1.60 to 2.00 per day, 8 to 12 per week 
Donnell House, S. J. Donnell, acc. for 100. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 8 to 15 per week] 

York Harbor House, G. A. Goodell, acc. for 100. 2.00 to 2.50 per dav 10 to 14 
per week. 

Harmon House. J. H. Vorrell, acc. for 100. 2.00 to 2.50 per day, 12 to 15 per 
weeK. 

Norwood Cottage, J. E Norwood, acc. for 50. 2 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 
Whiting Cottage G. H. Whiting, acc. for 50. 2 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 
Baker Cottage, E. Baker, acc. for 50. 2 per day, 8 to 12 per week. 

Oakland Farm, G. L. Payne, acc. for 25 . 7 per week. 









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CASH SURPLUS, over . 

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WILLIAM PRESTWICH, 

Steann and GaS Fitter 


DEADER IN 



Public Buildings, Dwelling-Houses, Factories, Greenhouses, and 
Stores warmed by High or Low Pressure, Steam or Hot Water, 

All Orders for Jobbing Promptly Attended To. 

REAR DIXON HOUSE, - - WESTERN, R. I. 



(R. I. CLAM BAKES 

THE —and— 

™ est /Shore Dinners! 

GO TO 

OAKLAND® BEACH, 

The Eden of Narragansett Bay. 


The Most Delightful Shore Resort in New England. 


Mr. CHAS. T. MAXFIELD, Manager, 

will make a special feature each day during the season of 

maxiieiiTs Famous Rhode island Clam Bakes and Shore Dinners. 

The Excursion Grounds are the finest in New England, located on the North¬ 
west shore of Narragansett Bay, only 12 miles from Providence, and has a 
pavilion with a seating capacity of 1500 persons, which can readily be extended 
to accommodate 5,000, if required, which gives ample scope for the largest par¬ 
ties that can congregate there. There i« also a first-class Restaurant, seating 
capacity 500, the cuisine is perfect in all its appointments. 

Cool and Refreshing Sea Breezes, Bowling and Shooting alleys, Row Boats, 
Yachts, Flying Horses, Bathing Houses, a Photograph Gallery, Summer Houses 
and a great variety of Rustic Bridges, Walks, a large Dance Hall, IceCream 
Saloon, Soda and Confectionery Booth. Base Ball Grounds, Etc. Boating, 
Bathing and Fishing unsurpassed. 


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Wholesale Bedding Warehouse. 


IfcTOIR-IEtlS ltZ.ttJL.C3r-A.23', 

Pawtucket, Rhode Island. 

MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF 

-^-MATTRESSES, 

Feather Bolsters and Pillows. 


We can supply at short notice Mattresses of the following materials : Curled Hair, 
African Fibre, Corn Husk, Cotton, Wool, Moss, Palmleaf or Excelsior. 
All orders executed with promptness. Material and workmanship of the best quality. Prices Moderate. Correspondence Solicited. 



PURE WATER SUPPLY. 



* ******** 

DELBERT L. BARKER, Contractor. 

Artesian • and • Driven • wens. 

Prospecting for Minerals with the Diamond Drill. 


Shafts for Hydraulic Elevators. 

PUMPING APPLIANCES, EITHER HAND, STEAM, CALORIC, 
OR WIND POWER, FURNISHED AND SET UP. 


TESTING FOR BUILDING BRIDGE. PIER AND 
DAM FOUNDATIONS. 


—iry Wells Deepened. Cement Tube Wells 
and Blasting. 


9 CUSTOM HOUSE STREET, Mechanics Exchange, PROVIDENCE, R. I. 


THIS FLO W OF ARTESIAN WELLS INCREASED AND SIIH.JH A K INE ROCKS DEMOLISHED 

BY TO II PE Do EXPLOSION -'. 

EXPERT EXAMINATIONS WADE WITH REFERENCE TO FEASIBILITY, METHOD, AND 

LOCALITY FOR WATER WORKS. 


We have the most complete and extensive outfit and the widest experience of any party in New England We 
ran siuk wells in ledge for one-hut tin* price of blasting. We can show any Water Supply Committee 2 170 - 
800 gallons of pure water per day being pumped from our wells. We will show one drilled well earning awnim 
per day, one earning $5.5U per day, and one $65.ill well earning $180.10 per year. 


I Can Refer to any of my 
Providence Gas Co. 

U. S. IS aval Training Station, Newport, R. I. 
Silver Spring D. & B Co., Providence. 

Taunton Insane Asylum, Mass. 

Girls’ Reform Scnool, R. I. 

Calais City Government, Me. 

Springfield Brewery, Mass. 

Richard Comstock, Warwick Neck. 

Lorraine Mfg. Co., Pawtucket. 

St. Croix Cotton Mills, New Brunswick. 


Patrons, Few of W lioni are: 

Cr ,don & Carpenter, Providence. 

M r’s Stock Farm, Newport. 

S tary Gymnasium, Providence. 

S- .yles Bleacbe y, SaylesviUe. 

Dempsey B. & D. Works, Pawtucket 
Globe Yarn Mills, Fall River. 

Crystal Spring Bleachery. Assonet, Mass 
Bridgewaters Water Co., Mass. 

Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., Providence 
Town of Whitman, Mass. 



Shooting a Well ” at Saylesville, March 31,1891 



PROVIDENCE 

Dry Dock and Marine R ailway Co. 

TWO BALANCE DRY DOCKS, 

With Patent Kneel Blocks. CAPACITY, 1,800 TONS and 800 TONS. 

~ j tr 

.- S o, TWO SETS OF WAYS. 


Vessels Hauled and Repaired with Dispatch. -penters, Caulkers, Spar Makers, Paints 

Blacksmiths and Material Furnished. 


P. O. BOX 1284. 

t elephone connection. 


A. T. STOWELL, -,jpt. 




























































National Gann of Rtiode island, 

OF NEWPORT. 

Commenced Business as a State Bank in 1795. 

THE OLDEST BANK IN THE CITY. 


A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED. 

Sub-Agents for sale of Cheque Bank Cheques, which are payable in 
any part of the world, with over 3 oco Bankers. 

We also draw Bills of Exchange on Prominent Bankers in England, 
Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Denmark, Etc., Etc. 


Officers : 

FRED TOMPKINS, President. 

AUG. P. SHERMAN, Vice-President. 

THOMAS P. PECK HAM. Cashier. 


Kewporl & KM R. R. i Sain iln. 



In Effect June 29, 1891. 

Subject to Change. 


FROM NEWPORT. 


Mis 

Train Nos. 

1 

3 

5 

7 

9 

13 

15 

17 

19 

LEAfK 

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p i»t 

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p i*i 

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Newport .. 


7 2(1 

10 40 


1 30 


5 15 

8 15 

11 15 

12 

Wicklord. 

5 35 

8 22 

11 42 

1 32 

2 32 

4 2? 

6 15 

9 17 

12 17 

13 

Belleville. 

5 38 

8 25 

11 45 

1 35 

2 35 

4 30 

6 18 

9 20 

12 20 

15 

Wickford Junc- Arr 

5 42 

8 30 

11 50 

1 40 

2 40 

4 35 

6 22 

9 25 

12 25 

15 

Wickford June. .Leave 

5 rs 

8 33 

11 55 


2 44 

4 44 

6 41 

it 28 

5 04 

21 

Greenwich .Arrive 

5 56 

8 43 

12 05 



4 57 

6 51 



35 

Providence . ...“ 

6 35 

9 05 

12 40 


3 15 

5 35 

7 30 

9 55 

5 35 

79 

Boston .“ 

8 45 

11 05 

1 55 


4 30 

6 57 

9 15 

11 00 

7 00 

15 


7 24 

8 45 

12 02 

2 08 

2 45 

4 58 

6 35 


1 52 

23 

Kingston. 

7 4(1 

9 00 

12 18 

2 26 

2 57 

5 15 



31 

Woo i River Junc. 

7 58 

9 16 


2 45 


5 31 




33 

Niantic. 

8 07 

9 23 


2 54 


5 38 




40 

Westerly. 

8 17 

9 33 


3 04 

3 22 

5 49 



2 32 

45 

Stoning*ton..... 

8 28 

9 43 

12 57 

3 16 

3 31 

6 00 




49 


8 35 

9 52 


3 24 


6 22 




60 

New London . 

8 55 

10 15 

1 25 

3 45 

3 55 

H 45 

7 40 

• . • • 

3 05 

79 



12 05 


lalmmm U- 

4 3s 

8 20 

8 20 


3 52 

110 

New Haven. 


1 19 

2 50 


5 25 

9 05 

9 05 


N4 43 

128 

Bridgeport. 


1 57 




9 36 

9 36 


-LS 20 

142 

South Norwalk. 


2 20 

3 42 

. . . 

6 20 




**5 46 

150 

Stamford. 


.... 



6 35 




r_6 03 

183 

New YORK,42d St.D’pt 


3 30 

4 50 


7 30 

11 00 

11 0a 


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TO NEWPORT. 


Directors: 


Frederick Tompkins, 

Thomas P. Peckiiam, 
Theodore K. Gibbs of N. Y. 
Henry A. C. Tayi.or of N. Y. 


Augustus P. Sherman, 
H. Audrey Ci.arke. 
Thomas Dunn, 

Daniei. B. Fearing. 


I^opI (§tactb, 

IMdtalarer nnb ^nlarior Peeornlor, 

166 Bellevue Avenue, 


NEWPORT, R. I. 



Train Nos. 

2 

4 

6 

8 

10 

14 

16 

18 

20 


LEAVE 

.Md’gt, \ .*1 

A ,11 

1 * iii 

1* 1*1 

p At 

r *1 

p •• 

1 7 in 

o 

New York, 42d St.D'pt 

12 00 


5 (11 


10 00 



:: 00 

5 00 

S3 




5 55 

.... 






41 

South Norwalk. 

1 10 


6 10 







55 


i. 1 37 


6 43 






6 22 

73 

New Haven . 

<2 13 


7 25 


12 05 



3 55 

6 55 

101 


-3 08 


8 37 


12 53 




7 41 

123 

Nf.w London . 

T 3 50 

7 10 

10 25 


1 35 

3 05 


5 20 

8 20 

134 

M> Stic. 

^ - 

7 30 

10 45 



3 29 




13* 



7 43 

10 53 



3 39 


5 45 


143 

Westei )y. 

4 24 

7 53 

11 05 


2 07 

3 51 

... 


8 51 

148 

Niantic. . 


. 

11 1(1 



4 01 




152 




11 23 



4 




160 

Kingston. 


8 20 

11 40 


2 32 

4 30 .. .. 

6 20 


168 1 Wickford Junc. Arr. 

5 04 

8 33 

11 50 

N-'nn 

2 44 

4 44 


1! 33 

9 ?8 

232 

Boston.Leave 

12 00 

7 0(1 

ill (10 

12 1 0 

1 or 

3 0u 

4 00 

5 no 

5 30 

188 

Providence. 

1 20 

8 15 

11 25 

1 20 

2 15 

4 15 

5 3i* 

6 01 

7 20 

174 



8 

11 47 

1 55 


4 43 

6 06 


7 46 

168 

Wickford June... Arr. 

1 52 

8 

12 02 

2 08 

2 45 

4 58 

6 22 

6 35 

7 55 

168 

* 1 CKFOKD Junc. L’vt 

5 10 

8 4: 

12 02 

2 III 

2 45 

4 58 

6 22 

6 3 

9 3(1 

170 

Belleville. 

5 15 

8 50 

12 05 

2 15 

2 50 

5 03 

6 27 

6 38 

9 35 

171 

Wickford. 

5 17 

8 5 

12 07 

2 18 

2 53 

5 05 

6 30 

6 4H 

9 40 

183 

Newport. 

6 25 

9 55 

1 10 


3 55 

.... 

7 45 

7 45 

10 40 


Arrive 

9 m 

9 in 

n in 

p m 

n m 

p m 

p m 

p m 

p m 


The Popular Shore Line and Wickford Route between Newpoit and New York. 

Wagner Drawing Room |'nr« on Day Trains. 

Sleeping Cars on Niglit Trains. 

Tickets sold and baggage checked at Steamer Eolus, Commercial Wharf, at 
Transfer Co.’s Office. No. BO Fluddet’s Block. Bellevue Ave.. cor. Catherine 8t.. 

Drawing Room Car Chairs and Sleeping Car Berths can be secured at Corn- 
pant ’s Office, Commercial Wharf. 

This Time-Table shows the time at which trains may be expected to arrive 
at, and depart from, the several stations; but their arrival or departure at the time 
stated is not guaranteed or does the Company hold itself responsible for any delay, or 
any consequences arisiL therefrom. The time of connecting roads is shown only for 
the convenience of the blic. This Company will not be responsible for errors or 
changes that may occur. 

J. B. GARDINER, Supt., C. U. COFFIN, Agt., 

PROVIDENCE. NEWPORT. 


JAMES FARLEY, 

Intelligence Office, 

No. 235 Spring Street, 

Foot of John, NEWPORT, R. I. 


P 


Tali© Your Own Picture 

HOTOCRAPH OUTFIT $1 00 

Bvmail SI .15. UOMPLETE Outfit, Camera, Dry Plates, Deve. 

TsssZtr S! 

'•LANTERNS WANTED^* 0 * 

free. HARBACH &. CO. 809 Filbert St.,Phila.,Pa, 



GEORGE DENNISTON, 

DEALER IN THE BEST QUALITIES 

Coal ai|il Wood. 

Agent for the 

Allan, Cunard, Guion, Inman, and Hamburg Steamships. 

Tickets to and from all parts of Europe and the United States. 

Aquidneek |Vlill Wharf, Foot of Howard st„ 

NEWPORT, R. 1. 






















































































































































FINE OLD CHIPPENDALE 

Sideboards, Chairs and Bureaus. 

FRENCH AND COLONIAL 

FURNITURE.” 


◄ ◄ 


iMiiiimiiiMiaiaaaiiiii J 


| IIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIHII 


Rare Old Silver and Bronzes, 

CHINA AND GLASS WARE. 

Old Books and Engravings Especially, at 

BURLINGHflM’SflRT ROOMS, 

83 Mill St., Newport. 


'ARTISTIC 1 



rapts - api - 



’’e SUPERIOR QUALITY" and fin’sh of my productions are 
acknowledged bv all Patrons to be unexcelled. My 
HAND STIPPLED CRAYON PORTRAITS, 
are WORKS of ART. 

Lock at the price! only $ 12. 


THE LEADING 
PHOTOGRAPHER 
AND PORTRAIT 

ARTIST. 



Newport, R. I. 


JOHN S. LS NGLEY, 


-DEALER IN- 


FURNITURE 1 


Of all descriptions. Also 

FURNISHING UNDERTAKER, 

Caskets, Coffins, Bones, etc., Furnished al snort liolice. 

16 FRANKLIN STREET, NEWPORT, R. I. 

Residence : No. l. School Street,. 

II. \V. «Ss J. C. PRAY, 

WATCH MAKERS, 

96 Spring Street, Newport, It. I. 

Clock and Watch Repairing j. Specialty and warranted to be done in 
the best manner. Watches changed from key to stem wind. 
Patent Regulators Applied. 

Diamonds, Watches, Ms, Jewelry, Spectacles, Eye Classes, Etc. 

Of the best quality at the lowest prices. Orders will receive prompt attention. 
KKKI'KUH OK CITY CLOCK. 

Standard Solid SIIkt hii4 IMnted-Ware of the Beat Maker* hi Stock. 
SOUVENIR SPOONS. 


E>. C. HLALX, 

246 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 

WHTCHPKEMP-JEWELEIf 



Clocks, Watches, Silver Ware, Table 
Ware, Jewelry, Eye Glasses 
and Spectacles. 

TRUNK REPAIRING 


AT 


GIItPHE’S TRUM STORE. 

152 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 

Directly Opposite the Boston Store. 

Don’t neglect your Trunks or they will soon be beyond repair. Call or ad 
dress us by mail and we will call and examine your Trunks, and 
give you estimate of cost of repairs. 

Trunks, Traveling Bags, Pocket Books and Leather Novelties, 

ALWAYS ON HAND. 



B. 



HO., 


-DEALERS IN- 


COAL AND WOOD. 






Opposite Post-Office, Newport. R, I. 


ESTABLISHED 18 10. 


JAMES OPENSHAW, 

Successor to Mcldnin & Openihaw, 

Practical Plumber, 


WATER CLOSET, WARM, COLO and SHOWER BATHS, 

No. 8 NXill Street, 

NEWPORT, R. I. 



































WASHINGTON MONUMENT, 


Smith 


THE 


GRANITE CO. 


OF WESTERLY. R. I. 

ARTISTIC GRANITE MONUMENTS, TOMBS, 
HEADSTONES & STATUARY. 


f 


BRANCH 

OFFICES 


BOSTON 3 BROM FI ELD ST. 
PROVIDENCE 5 WEYBOSSET ST. 

NEW HAVEN 5 sylvan av. 


UTICA Z% HIGH ST. 1 

CLEVELAND 98 E ucLi d av. 
CHICAGO 104 PULLMAN BLG. 


DESIGNS AND ESTIMATES FURNISHED, CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED 


















RICHMOND’S 

Vtotor Steam Heater. 

Eight Years’ Unequaled Record. 


Thomas D. Sayles, Norwich, Conn. 

“ I am perfectly satisfied with the Victor.” 

H. P. Stearns, M. D., Hartford, Conn. 

“ The Victor is heating two of our cottages in the most sat¬ 
isfactory manner.” 

E. T. Turner, Waterbury, Conn. 

“.Beyond my expectation, and economical in fuel.” 

H. H. Skinner, Springfield, Mass. 

“ No trouble in heating io rooms at a moderate cost.” 

P. H. Coombs, Bangor, Me. 

“ The Victor has few, if any equals.” 

E. E. Davis, Augusta, Me. 

“ I consider the Victor first-class in all respects.” 

Lewis H. Slocum, Long Branch, N. J. 

“ The Victor has given my home the temperature of Flor¬ 
ida.” 

C. C. Dewstoc, Cleveland, O. 

“ In every way the best house heater I have seen.” 



Heatina oi Homes a Specialty. 


Send lor Deseriptiue Gataloone. 


THE RICHMOND STOVE CO.. NORWICH, CONN. 



RICHMOND’S 

Victor Hot Water Heater, 

Approved by the Best Engineers. 

SPECIMEN TESTIMONIALS. 

A. H. Haas, St. Paul, Minn. 

“ Circulation perfect—house comfortable at all times.” 

Judge C. M. Pond, Minneapolis, Minn. 

“ No heater can do better—economical and safe.” 

R. A. Hintze, Chicago, Ills. 

“ Every part of my house heated thoroughly.” 

L. A. Richards, Denver, Col. 

“ I regard the Victor as a perfect boiler for house heating.” 

Charles Acton Ives, Newport, R. I. 

“ Requires but small amount of fuel for results achieved.” 

T- C. Bixby, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 

“Am heating 11 rooms, and if I was to select again, I would 
take the same heater.” 















































































































































































Opening Day, 
Tuesday, September 
1,1891. 


We will be glad to 
send our beautiful Cat¬ 
alogue to any who may 
be interested, or to sup¬ 
ply any other informa¬ 
tion. 


The Snell Business 
College, 

07-105 Main Street. 
Norwich. Conn. 



The SNELL 

Business College, 

NORWICH, CONN., 

IS THE LARGEST SCHOOL OF ITS KIND IN CONNECTICUT. AND IS ONE OF THE 
BEST EQUIPPED BUSINESS COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES. 

Our facilities are the very best. Our Teachers are thorough' 
drilled in the studies they teach. We guarantee to give the most 
thorough instruction of any School in New England. Classes in¬ 
structed practically by dictation in Book-Keeping and commer¬ 
cial methods. A new and valuable feature of our work. 

We maintain Six Complete Departments, occupying thirteen 
rooms, and with our thoroughly systematic equipment in all depart¬ 
ments, are e tabled to graduate our scholars quicker, and make them 
competent in a shorter time than other Schools. 

Classes are formed llie First Monday in Each Month of the 
School Year up to the Easter ltecess. 


FACULTY OF THE SNELL BUSINESS COLLEGE. 


A. R. BIRCHARD, 

President and Sole Proprietor.—Principal of Book- Keeping and Pennmanship. 


Mary Lillian Herr. A. B.. 

Principal of Shorthand and Type 
Writing Department, instructress 
in a la Delsarte, also Physical Cul¬ 
ture. 

Mary Louise Prothero, 

Principal of the Department of 
Music. 

Rev. J. D. Herr. D. D., 

Civil Ethics. 

Mr. Louis W. Ross. 

Instructor in Book-Keeping. 

Miss Louise Osborn, 

Assistant in Shorthand and Type 
Writing Department. 

Frank T. Maples, 

Voice Culture and Elocution. 


Mathematics. Civil Government 
and English. 

A University and Business Col¬ 
lege Graduate will be engaged to 
take charge of these studies. 

A. A. Browning. B. C. A., 

Instructor in Commercial Law. 

Mr. J. C. Palmer. 

Instructor in plain and ornament¬ 
al Penmanship, brush work, sign 
lettering, engrossing, etc. 

Miss A. L. Thompson, 

Instructor in Book-Keeping. 

Miss Jennie C. Moore, 

Amanuensis in Principal’s Office. 

Joseph Severnry, j an itor. 


DAY SESSIONS 


Strictly in Advance and. Payable as follows. 

EVENING SESSION. 

One-Half of the above Prices. 

No studen t can enter without making a deposit .^ For special courses aud spec- 


One Month. SIO. Three Months, S25. Six Months, $50, Ten 
Months, One School Year, JgiSO. Graduation Fee, §5. 

These prices include all books and stationery needed. 


ial instruction apply at the Principal’s office 


No Charge for Diplomas. 


THAYER HEATER CO. 



A—Spool and Pinion for Revolving Grate. B— 
Grate. C-Anti-Clinker Door. D—Door for remov¬ 
ing soot aud ashes from combustion space outside 
of boiler. E—Feed or Coal Door. G—Direct Dam¬ 
per. H—Door for removing ashes and soot from 
base of indirect draft and combustion space in rear 
of boiler. J—Ash-Pit Doors. K—One of the re¬ 
turns entering the boiler. 


143 High St., Boston, Mass. 

THAYER’S 

System of Heating by Hot Water, 

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, 
DWELLINGS, 

GREENHOUSES, Etc. 

<- 

Also, Manufacturers of 

SpeGial Hot Water Fittings. 

LIBERAL INDUCEMENTS TO THE TRADE 







































VIII 


HOPKIN’S MAGIC GOLD DUST. 


A SPEEDY CURE FOR 

Sores and wounds. 

—>"S-FI NE AS DUST.-V^- 

The only Natural and Complete Remedy for 
So-cs and Wounds on 

HORSES HP PITH 

Scratches, Grease Heels, Thrush, Poll Evil, Fis¬ 
tula, Quittor, Sore Back, Sore Tongue, Galls, 
Lampas, Optbalmia or Inflamed Eyes, Fresh 
Cuts, Sore Teats on Cows, Hoof Rot, Foul in Cat- 
• le's Feet, etc. 

FOR THE 

Human Family. 

Catarrh, Fever Sores, Piles, Leuchorrhea or 
Whites, Salt Rheum, Sore Throat, Chilblains, 
Burns and Scalds, Scald Head, Canker or Sore 
Throat, Etc. 


Established 1868. 



HOPKINS’ 

Maolc Gold Dust I 

Is one of the wonderful discoveries of the age, 
and destined to make a complete revolution in the 
manner of treating Sores and Wounds in both man 
and beast, discarding Salves, Plasters, Ointments, 
Poisonous Washes and Liniments. It will not in¬ 
flame or aggrevate disease, but on the first appli¬ 
cation begins to assist nature to heal, and I chal¬ 
lenge the world to produce any other remedy that 
will cure diseases named in my circular, as quickly 
and satisfactorily as the 

Magic Gold Dust, 


Warranted to give perfect satisfaction or Money 
Refunded. For Sale at all the principal Drug and 
Country Stores in the United States and Canadas. 


Large Size, $1.00 Per Bottle. 

Small Size, 50 Cents Per Bottle. 


HOPKIN’S MAGIC GOLD DUST CO. 

Sole Manufacturers and Proprietors. 

New York Office, 168 West 44th St., New York City. Home Office, 330 Eddy Street, Providence, R. I. 

JOHN H. HOPKINS, President and Treasurer. 


ItW.LflDDCO. 


PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



Light weight Dress Goods. Imported Suit¬ 
ings and Robes. Summer Jackets and 
Suits. Outing Cloths. Fancy Cheviots 
and Flannels for Blazers and Gowns. 
Imported Parasols, Sun Umbrellas. 
Summer Shirts and Neckwear for 
Men. Life Saving Bathing Suits. 
Summer Upholstery. 

Curtains and Chairs for the Cottage. 


EVERYTHING IN 

HOUSEKEEPING GOODS 


Special attention given to Mail Orders. 

H. W. LADD CO. 


J. W. PADELFORD, 

Ladies’ & Gent’s Restaurant. 


59 WEYBOSSET STREET, 

Upper Parlor, - 57 Weybosset St. 

PROVIDENCE, R. I. 

Open from 6 A. M. to 8.80 P. M. Sundays 8 to 10 A. M. 4.30 to 7.30 P.M. 


Provldenoe Trust 6o„ 

37 Weybosset St., Prov., R. I. 

CAPITAL, $250,000.00. 

Incorporated by Act of the Legislature of Rhode Island. 

TROASHGTS ••• H GENERAL-.’- BANKING AND TRUST BUSINESS. 


Issues Certificates of Deposit and Savings Certificates. 

INVESTMENT SECURITIES BEARING 6 AND 8 PER CENT. FOR SALE. 

Deposits received on participation account. Interest paid on daily balances 
subject to check. Accounts and correspondence solicited. 

CHAS. W. CONANT, Pres. HORACE K. BlANCHARD, VicePres. A Treas 
Marcus M. Burdick, seq-y. 





























IX 


The Pairpoint Manufacturing Co. 


NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 

Fine Gold and Silver 


PLATep 



y/ARe. 



All goods are - - - 
- WARRANTED, and 


stamped with our name. - 



Berry Dishes, 

Orange Bowls, 
Salad Bowls, 


Cake Baskets, 

Cracker Jaks, 

Tea Sets. 


Knives, Forks and Spoons, Etc. 


20 MAIDEN LANE, 

NEW YORK. 


SALESROOMS s 

90 WABASH AVE., 

CHICAGO, ILL. 


220 SUTTER STREET, 

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 















HOTEL CHECKS. 





„ A.O.H&CANTON - 


ESTABLISHED 1S45. 

JOHN ROBBINS M’f’g Co. 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

BAGGAGE CHECKS AND BADGES, 

DOOR, PEW & CHAIR NUMBER PLATES, 

58 KNEELAND St., BOSTON, MASS. 

DWIGHT C. ROBBINS 

MANAGER. 

















. 


DM© 


i&M ©caca 


SEASON OF 1891. 


The Obwebetuck is situated on the eastern slope 
of the mountain of the same name. It is easy of 
access from New York, Boston and other eastern 
cities and towns by quick trains. Convenient trains 
also connec' with steamboats for New York, Watch 
Hill, Block Island, and other New England coast 
resorts. There are beautiful drives in all directions 
and t^e house commands a fine view of the Shetucket 
Valley. The fishing and shooting are excellent in 
their season. The grounds are extensive and suita¬ 
ble for children. The house has all of the modern 
improvements for comfort and luxury with an 
unlimited supply of pure spring water. The cuisine 
is under superior management and has already 
given the Inn a reputation inferior to no first-class 
hotel in the country. The house is fitted with 
sanitary plumbing in connection with the best 
sewerage system. It is delightfully cool and there 
are neither flies, mosquitoes nor malaria. Carriages 
and drivers are furnished from a well equipped 
stable on the premises, but remote fiom the house. 


E-T-TT"} 

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FINE CU STOM TA ILORING. 

Suits Made to order on the weekly Payment Systems 


One Dollar per week for thirty-five weeks will entitle the purchaser to a Suit or Overcoat—Guaranteed to equal any Clothing made in the 
City at the same price, anyone who fails from any cause to complete the payments, can take up Clothing to the amount paid in, so there can 
be no loss to anyone. 

To advertise my business I will give to every twelve men who complete the full payment of thirty-five dollars, 

A CASH PRESENT OF $50.00. 

To be given to one member of the dub of twelve by any fair method to be determined upon by a majority vote of the members of each club, 
each member to be duly notified of the time and place of the meeting at which the method of drawing the present is to be determined. Anyone 
wishing to join a club can do so by the payment of one dollar. Payments sent by mail should be accompanied by the name and address and 
place of employment of the sender, for which receipts will be promptly returned. 


JAMES F. MACGREGOR, ARTIST TAILOR, 

Providence, K. I. 


Parlors, SO Dorrance Street, 











































XI 



Nantasket Beach 

FINEST BEACH IN AMERICA, 


Magnificent Surf Bathing. Mammoth 
Hotels and Restaurants. 


EVERY ATTRACTION FOR PLEASURE AND RECREATION 
CAN BE FOUND HERE. 


*VWep SwVit 

^ Bliil? ^ 30 uv ’16^9 


Seashore Cottages 

FOR SALE AND TO LET 


AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONCERTS BY 

Brooks’ Military Band, 

Of NEW YORK, ELLIS BROOKS, DirectOf. 


-AT 


WALTER EMERSON 


WINTHROP, MASS The Greatest Living Cornet Soloist. 


-BY- 

FLOYD & TUCKER, 

Winthrop Real Estate Agents, 

No. School St.,Boston, 

Desirable Building Lots For Sale in all parts of Winthrop. 

ESTABLISHED IN 1830. 


MUSICAL FESTIVALS EVERY SUNDAY. VISIT HOTEL NANTASKET and 

ROCKLAND CAFE. 


Beo. W. Pepper, 

Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer in 

Confectionery 


Take Steamers MAYFLOWER, TWILIGHT, NANTAS¬ 
KET, GOY. ANDREW, GEN’L LINCOLN and 
WM. HARRISON, from Rowe’s Wharf, Boston. 

Hew Bedford, jnartlia’s Vineyard end Nantucket 
Stsarqboat Company. 

Summer Arrangement, commencing Monday, June 15,1891. 

Steamers GAY HEAD, NANTUCKET and MO NO HAN SETT will leave 
daily, on and after MONDAY , June 15tli, Sundays excepted. 

Leave New Bedford fur Cottage City, 8 DO, 10.00 a. m., 1.45, 4.45 p. m. Return— 
Leave Cottage City, 6.15, 9.30 a. m , 1.00 and 3.15 p. m. 

Leave New Bedford for Nantucket; 8.00 a. m., 1. 45 p. m. Return— Leave Nan¬ 
tucket, 7.00 A. M., 12.45 P. M. 

Leave New Bedford for Woods IIoll, 10.00 a m., 1.45, 4.45 p. m. Return— 
Leave Woods Holl, 7 00 and 10.00 a. m., 4p.». 

Leave Woods Holl for Cottage City, 11.30 a. at., 3.15, 6.40 p. m. Return— 
Leave Cottage City, 6.15, 9.30 a. m., 3.15 p. M. 

Leave Cottage City lor Nantucket, 10.00 a. m., 4.00 p. m. Return—L eave Nan¬ 
tucket, 7.00 A. M., 12 45 p. M. 

Leave New Bedford tor Vineyard Haven, 4.45 p. m. Return—5.45 p. m. 

SU N DAYS— Commencing June 21st, leave New Bedford for Woods Holl.Coi.tage 
City and Nantucket, 9.00 a. m. Return— Leave Nantucket, 2.15 p. m., Cottage City, 4.45 
p. m., Woods Holl, 5.15 p. m. 

EXCURSION TICKETS. 

New Bedford to Cottage City and Return, good until Octobers', 18H. S I .OO 

New Bedford to Nantucket and Return, good until September 26,1891. 2.00 

EDWARD T. PIERCE, Agent, New Bedford. 


E. 




E, 


and CiQaPS, Carpenter^ Bailder, 


No. 4 ELM STREET, 

PEABODY, MASS. 


SHOP8, 

141 Western flv.,Lpn,& Walnut Hv.,Crescent Beacn. 

RESIDEN CE, 49 CEDAR STREET, LYNN , JIINSS. 

Special Attention given to Jobbing of all 

Kinds. 


































XII 


Kennebec - Steamboat - Company. 

...... 

>> 

The New and Elegant 





Leave Lincoln's Wharf, Boston , Daily , except Sunday , at 6 P. M . Saturdays One Hour 

Earlier , at 5 P. M,, 

For Fopham Beach, Bath, Richmond, Gardiner, Hallowed and Augusta, Maine, 

Connecting at Bath for Boothbay, Mouse Island, Squirrel Island, Capitol Island, Ocean Point, and other adjacent 

Watering Places in Boothbay Harbor. 

The scenery on the Kennebec River has justly given it the name of “The Rhine of America,” and the seaside resorts 

reached by the Steamers of this line are unsurpassed for 




FISHINC, BOATING, SAILING and BATHING. 


Through Connections from New York with all Sound and Rail Lines, and Staterooms reserved two weeks in advance, 

on request. 

GEORGE C. HILLS, General Agent, 

LINCOLN’S WHARF, BOSTON. 


-Tfc 



Office, Harris Building. Rornn 13 . Hew London. Conn. 

Brick Yams, Fisiters island, opp. New London Harbor. 


UNSURPASSED SHIPPING FACILITIES DUR¬ 
ING THE WHOLE YEAR. 


-^BRJCK=- 

Dbihd 10 In Port in w to or ten 


PHILIP C. DUNFORD, Pres, and Treas. 

H. L. CRANDALL, Sec’y. 


GAS STOVES, 



-FOR- 


Cooking and Heating. 

Cannot be Equaled for Comfort, Con¬ 
venience and Economy. 


PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY, 

1*» Market Square. 



-TRUSSES.- 


A specialty of curing RUPTURE in its worst form. 
The most approved Elastic and Spring Trusses adapt¬ 
ed to all cases of rupture. Personal attention given 
to fitting in each case. 

Low Prices. Consultation Free. 

T. J. HAMILTON, 

Office, Rear 56 Union Street Providence, R. I. 

And rear of Ladd’s Dry G >ods Store. P, O. Box 768. 


MANUFACTURER OF 


Shuttles 


OF EYERY 


DESCRIPTION. 


Patented Sept. 17, 18S9. 

Also Sole Manufacturer of Dudley's Patent Outside Catch Shuttles. 

TAUNTON, MASS. 














































XIII 





BY 


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I, 




MADE FOR ECONOMY IN FUEL. 

If you want good wholesome food cooked in a Ventilated Oven, buy the 
Winthrop or Colonial Range. A blessing to the Home. 


The Winthrop and Colonial 

RANGES 


LEAD THE MARKET IN 
BEAU TIF UL DESIGN and 
SUBSTANTIAL QUALITY 


JAMES H. CODDING, ATreasvirer. 


A. LAWSON’S 

GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS. 

<f, 

P. W. LAWSON, Manager. 

No. 112 Prospect Street, - Fall River, Mass, 


Manufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of 



All Orders promptly attended to and Workmanship First Quality. 
































































































GRAND AND BEAUTIFUL! 


I HE A VON S PRINGS P ARK AND SPRINGS. 

Avon, Livingston Co., New York. 


CONGRESS HALL. ™ PALACE HOTEL. 

OPENS JUNE 15, 1891. ___ SEASON 2F I 892. 


WORLD-RENOWNED HEALTH SANITARIUM. 

‘HIS PROK RTY has been purchased by well-informed parties as a safe and profitable place to invest their money 
'tohere it is ' to return handsome profits. Invite you to join upon the same inside low rate, i. e.: First Mortgage, 
j ’ Coin Ronds at 85 cents on the dollar. That is $85.00 secures you a Gold Coin Bond for $100.0©, 
upon which th ' ays you 6 per cent, on $100.00. Coupons due each July and January and the full amount 

when due i> 1 >old v - making you fully 7 1-2 per cent, investment absolutely safe. Savings Banks, Trust Companies and 
Executors find no bett .rit a . Can be had in $100.00, or $500.00 Bonds with Coupons. 

The REAu-fSTATE LOAN AND TRUST CO., of New York, are Trustees. 

For Bonds and informal on address CHAS. VV. VAN VLECK, 2 x 5 Potter Building, New York. 


Steamer GEORGE W. DANIELSON, Capt. CONLEY, 

Leaves Block Island for Newport (Commercial Wharf) at 
Returning - , leaves Newport at - 

Connects with New York and Shore Line, via Wickford, with Steamers “ Old Colony ” and “ Newport” from New 
York, and with Continental Line Steamers to and from Providence. 


7.30 A. M. 

1.30 P. M. 



NEWPORT AND DLOCK ISLAND. 

























© 


-^flLQERIfl tlEIQIITS. 



“IN-TH&-PINES” ot the lamous tiealtn-oivino Great 

Pine Belt oi New Jersey. 



It has been famous as a resort for over half a cen¬ 
tury. At the picturesque headwaters of the Wading 
River, midway between Philadelphia and New 
York, between the two branches of the Central 
R. R. of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania R. R , 
within easy reach of Atlantic City, Long Branch, 
and other sea-side resorts, and away from the violent 
storms of the ocean. Similar to Lakewood, Pine 
View, Brown’s Mills, Delaware Water Gap, 
Etc. 

ALGERIA HEIGHTS IN-THE-PINES 
is over 160 feet above the leve 1 ' f tb giving light, 

dry, bracing air, laden with r health-giving 

and life extending Pine .. . ^oil light loam, 

water pure spring, clear _ ystal, and the famous 
cedar water, called by Pr> I l F , once de Leon, “ The 
Water of Life.” J - 


ALL REAL ESTATE, AS A RULE, HAS QUADRUPLED 
IN VALUE 

during the past fifty years, while during the same period 

<K> PER CENT, 

of all the merchants and traders in the city have failed and 

HO PEU CEN r. 

of all the business corporations have either done likewise or 
gone out of business, so that their stocks have been 
wiped out. 

“The price of land m New Jersey has been advancing recently. 
A tract of land offered and considered high at $77,000 has just been 
purchased at $105,000, same buyers and sellers.”— New York Herald. 
’9/. 

Speaking of a section that has the advantage of enabling business 
men to run up to town every day, 

THE NEW YORK HERALD SAYS t 

“A number of those however who are not in business, find the “PINE 
WOODS ” an agreeable change after the dissipations of the winter. Colonel 
Elliott F. Shepard. Mrs. Shepard and their children have been there for over 
a fortnight. Mr. E. Failer has been a frequent visitor and the Marquise de 
Perigord and her daughter The Princess Ruspoli are there for a stay.” 


“There are just as many farms that can be purchased for the same 
money that it costs to carry a family to a Western Territory where the 
making of a home will exhaust the vitality left in a man and woman 
of middle age,” so says the New York Tim°s To “poini the moral,” 
it is better to remain East where there are markets. 

“ Is in the Pine Belt of N. J. a paradise for those afflicted with 
pulmonary affections. Convenient to N. Y. City, Philadelphia and the 
popular rescT of Lakewood.”— Com'l Union. 

“One of the most beautiful tracts of land I ever saw.”— Prof. 
Adams. 

“The great Health giving and life extending “ Pine Belt’ it is 
truly named .”—Exchange 

“ Sc'entific and Geographical research aided by the recent Gov¬ 
ernment Coast Surveys has proved that the wonderful Ocean Current 
of warm water known as the “Gulf Stream ” curves inward along 
the coast of New Jersey modifying and tempering the atm isphere and 
climate, making this nature’s Sanitarium.”— Decorator. 

BIG PROFITS IN REAL ESTATE. 

“ Mrs. U. S. Grant, Jr., realized '' ,0,000 profit in two years on 
one investment ”— N. Y. Herald- 

“ WESTERN FARM MORTGAGES ARE NOT SAFE.” 

“The basis of all Wealth is Real Estate. The foundation of all 
great fortunes Is Real Estate.” Gen’l Butler. 


As will be readily appreciated by those who study the motive of this Company in its gieat 
the profits of the company must come from the same source as yours, the increased value ot the land. Each 
individual adds a new value both to his own and adjacent property. This is Hi-tory and fact. Will you 
enjoy the advantages thus offered you and secure a Business or beautiful Cottage Lot, 25 by 125, at 


CHEAP LAND OFFERS 


a nominal cost in 


THE GREAT PINE BELT OF NEW JERSEY. 

now famous for its dry, bracing air, laden with auoma of health-giving and life-extending Pine Forests, so highly regarded for sufferers from 
or predisposed to pulmonary or nervous complaints. High above the level of the sea, thus assuring an absolutely dry air. Malaria is un¬ 
known. Excellent drainage, and fine roads, walks, etc. 

,, T Dt „„ vtc-vv ia ihmit- fiftv miles irorn Philadelphia, and sixty miles fr, in New York; on the Central R. R. of New Jersey, and the Pennsylvania R. R. wiitmi easy 

, , Jlan (Trove Asbu/y Park Lou* Branch, and other shore resorts, and ,iust sufficient distance from the ocean to be shielded from its violent storms, 

reach, by short ride, ot Ocean.YE 0 ™’* known fo? a century as the finest fish ug and hunting grounds that the whole coast furnishes ;‘the fisherman’s favorite,’with romantic drives 
Ind‘waffihrougWe 1 healthRivinJ fo?EX Pine View lots* are *3u, $50 and $100 each. Plans are out for the New Palace Hotel.” 

We propose to place a number of Algeria Heights Lots for $10 or $15 each, reserving adjoining property for our use or sale. Highest 
References, and endorsements of the Press. 


ALGERIA HEIGHTS CO., 2 1 5 Potter Building, New York City. 

PRICE UNTIL AUGUST 1st, $5 each, if you mention “THE NEW ENGLAND COAST.” 


























XVI 



DniLETS HILL MMl IM. 


OPEN AFTER MAY 30TH. 


Fish D^in^s a Sp^s^y. 


Hotel Aquidneck, 

s % = & 

NEWPORT, K. I. 



The above Family Hotel is now 
open for Permanent and 
Transient Guests. 


fpable d’potG, 1 to §. 



FINEST LOCATION IN NAHANT. 

SYLVESTER BROWN, Prop. 


E. V. WESTCOTT. 


HeadquaPters • Army • and • Davy. 


t 86f 89 f. 

The Pigeon Cove House, 

CAPE ANN, MASS. 

Open from June i, until October i, 1891. 

25 th Season. • MRS. E. S. ROBINSON, Prop. 

This old and always satisfactory House is now open for its twenty-fifth season, June 
1,1891. With a system of drainage direct and complete and with neither stagnant 
water nor swamps in the vicinity, the house claims as u proud health record the simple 
fact that in twenty-five seasons no death or case of serious illness has occurred in its 
rooms. The temperature of the place is uniformally cool and pleasant. 

Attractive drives and walks abound, and excellent livery service may be secured at 
the office. The grassy lawns about the house afford ample opportunity for tennis, cro¬ 
quet and other outdoor sports and exercises, and sailing and fishing is of course a 
popular pastime. 

Away from railroad and steam whistle, Pigeon Cove is in easy communication with 
the outside world. Business men have the telegraph wire at their command in the 
house, and with two mails each day may keep fully informed as to home affairs. 

Further information, rates, etc., will be cheerfully forwarded on application to 

MRS. E S. ROBINSON, 


Cape Ann, Essex County. Pigeon Cove, Mass. 





5. T. HUBBARD, Proprietor. 

1 19 & 121 Thames Street, 

NEWPORT, R. I. 

First-Class Restaurant. 

Best of Table Board at reasonable Rates. Ladies and Gentlemen from 
out of town will find this a comfortable place to rest and get 

their meals. 


PUR 1 TENE 

TRADE MARK. Is not “ about the same 

thing as other washing pow¬ 
ders.” But PUR 1 TENE 
is a wonderful washing com¬ 
pound. 

PUR 1 TENE is the great¬ 
est invention ofthe 19th Cen¬ 
tury. Imitated by many, 
equaled by none. 

Insist upon having P*U-R-|- 
T-E-N-E, and be sure that you 
get what you seek. 

See that it is manufactured 
R. J. PAINE, ilie fnventer and Patentee, bj 

TBe Jinks’ Son liiawMuili Sonny, 

MANSFIELD, MASS. 



































XVII 


NOTARY PUBLIC, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, AUCTIONEER. 

E. G. ELDRIDGE, 

Real Estate and Insurance. 

Offices, Arcade Bulletin**: «Xs Highland Office. 

Cottages to Let. Cottages for Sale. Contracts placed for Building, Painting, Repairing, and Moving Cottages. Property left in charge will 

. receive personal attention. 


Over Soo building lots on \ ineyard Highlands For Sale. Plans of Vineyard Highlands and Oak Bluffs furnished on Application. 


* House, 


COTTAGE CITY, MASS. 



The Highlind House is situ 
ated at the head of Camp 
Meeting and Baptist Landi ig, 
at what is known as "The 
Highlands,” and is acknow- 
edged to be the flnes-t location 
>n the island. It is directly 
n front of the Summer Ineti- 
•ute, only 60 teet from the 
mean, at the terminus of the 
Horse Railroad, and a short 
lislance from tie Katama 
steam cars and the centre of 
the city or ' >ak Bluffs. Has a 
full view of Vii eyard Sound 
(the greatest marine highway 
of America,) with its ever 
changing panorama of sail¬ 
ing vessels and steamships, 
iwl is the ■ oolest and most 
lesirable spot for a summer 
residence. 

Regular transient rates, *2 50 
Derday. Weekly rates $101” 
|15 for single, or $18 to $26 for 
double rooms, according to 
location of same. Special 
terms for, families and those 
remaining through the sea¬ 
son. 

HERBERT H. FIELD, 

Proprietor. 



cmum-imc* 


Cottage City, - Mass., 
nas QhdNQED HdNb-f. 


Searell House 




Cottage JVlass* 

CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT. 

This House has been thoroughly renovated and will open for the re¬ 
ception of guests June 15. 

THE HOUSE IS SUPPLIED WITH PURE SPRING WATER. 

Excursionists and Parties Specially provided for. 


C. J. READ, Proprietor. 

Formerly of College Street Hotel, Providence. 

CHARLES SNOW, 

AUCTIONEER 1 REAL Oil flil, 


Has been thoroughly Renovated and Refurnished and will open for 
the reception of Guests June 15. 

The House has all Modern Conveniences. 

J. K. Wetherell, - Proprietor. 

F. J. Chase, - - - Manager. 

(Formerly of City Hall Avenue Restaurant, Boston.) 

EUROPEAN PI.AN. 

THIS HOUSE IS SUPPLIED WITH PURE SPRING WATER. 


124 Circuii live., Collage City, manna's Vineyard, mass. 

Cottages f@p Sale ahd sp© List. 


Orders taken for Building, Repairing, Painting and Mason Work. 
Cottages closed and taken care of during the Winterand opened 
for Summer. Cottages placed in my care will receive 
personal attention. 


“ Wtye Ifappagar)<§ett ” 



Cottage City, = Mass. 

OPEN FROM JUNE ist, TO OCTOBER 1st. 


One of the most desirably located houses of any at this famous resort; within three min 
ut,es’ walk of the Bathing- Beach, Steamboat Landing and Post-Office. The Booms are 
all Pleasant and Airy. There are Spacious Piazzas, and a Beautiful Lawn ex¬ 
tends along the entire front of the house. Cuisine the Best. Liberal 
Terms. For furl her particulars address, 



MmV.r.iiwru 


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XVIII 



OCEAN • H0U5E, 

Nantucket, Mass. 

Open for Guests June 25. 

Pleasantly anil conveniently located. House supplied with all modern conven¬ 
iences. Table unsurpassed. For circulars and terms address 

E. J. DOYLE, Proprietor. 

HART & AKIN, 

Coal and Wood. 

Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass. Tar, Pitch and Oakum. 

SHIP PAINTING, ALL BRANCHES. 

HAET «Sl AKIN, 

Corner of Walnut and Water Streets, New Bedford, Mass. 


THE ATLANTIC HOUSE. 



Is located in the charmiug seaside village of SIASCONSET, on the island of 
Nantucket, and will open for the season June 15 . This house has been known to the 
traveling’ public many years, aud has won a proud name as a hostelry where the guests 
are served in a most hospitable and satisfactory manner. The apartments are large and 
airy, and furnished with the best in the line of mattresses, etc , while the cuisine is 
looked after with the strictest attention to secure its uninterrupted excellence. The 
terms are ftxed at the following low rates for the season: 

BY THE WEEK, $8.00 TO $15.00. 


F. S. GHflDWIGK, Proprietor. 



Tugs, “ Nellie,” “ George W. Hunt.” and " Cygnet.” 

Orders Solicited and Promptly Executed. 


SAMUEL G. HART, fluent 

Cor. of Walnut aitd Water Sts., Hew Bedford. (Hass. 



= 


THE POINT 



T his is a new house, erected the past winter for the accommodation of guests visiting the island of Nan¬ 
tucket in search of health or pleasure. In building the house, it has been the aim to include everything 
that will conduce in all particulars to the comfort and satisfaction of tourists, and its departments 
are all supplied with the latest modern improvements, including electric bells in all the rooms, connecting with 
the main office ; running water, water closets on all floors, and a perfect system of underground drainage to 
tide water; gas for illuminating purposes, etc. The dining room is a commodious apartment, arranged with a 
view to the utmost convenience in serving patrons, and the kitchen Is removed from the main house, thus 
dispelling the very obnoxious feature of smell from cooking. 

The location of the Point Bret ze is a feature of the hotel that calls for special note. It is located at the 
junction of Easton and North Water streets, but five minutes’ walk from the Post-Office, Steamboat landing and 
Bathing rooms. Horse-cars pass the house. The views from the rooms all of which are airv and spacious are 
charming; every room commanding an outlook of the bay or harbor a fact that should cause investigation by 
pleasure seekers. It is the purpose to run this hotel first-class in every respect and this makes the house popular 
both in service and price. Specially favorable rates are made forthe season, and for June and September. The 
management is under the personal supervision of 

CHARGES F. FOEGER, Proprietor. 





















































XIX 


JJirm FtUa, 

Mrs. A. B. ABBE. 

Narragansett and Naumkeag Avenues, 

Cottage City, Mass. 


CJpffiliEg K. WPLIiEY, 

PRACTICAL 




DEALER IN 


Paints, Oil, Varnishes, Putty and Window Glass. 


Orders by Mail Promptly Attended to. 

OFFICE 71 CAKE ST., PORTLAND, ME. 


R. H. ROBSON, 

-MANUFACTURER OF- 


me * speedwellcycles. 


And Dealer in all kinds of Bicycles and Tricycles. A large stock of second 
hand machines to be sold regardless of cost. Difficult repairing done 
in the best manner Cripples’ machines built to order. 



NO. I 

FOR LADIES 


SAFETY 

J I 


'SWIFT 


-ALSO DEALER IN- 


HANGERS, SHAFTING, PULLEYS IIP BELTING. 

Engines, Boilers and Steam Pumps Supplied lo order and Set Up. 

Particular attention given to Steam and Gas Piping and all kinds of 
Machine Work and Jobbing. 

SEWING MACHINE REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. 

All Work Done in a Prompt and Satisfactory Mannor. 

SALEM, MAS3. 


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Harbor, and mi Points on 
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■ ll • S* j I D *1 I THE GREAT STEEL 

Maine Central Railroad, t ««« ftke 

FOISMING THE ONLY ALL-KAIL LINE TO 

MOUNT DESERT, 


and, with lines extending between Portland and the Boundary Line between Maine and New Brunswick, and between Portland and the 
Boundary Line of Vermont, and extending into Canada through the Celebrated Crawford Notch, piercing the heart of the 

WHITE MOUNTAINS, 

forms the Direct Line to Montreal and Quebec, and with its main lines, branches and connections not only reaching Bar Harbor, St. 
Andrews, Moosehead, Rangeley and Bigelow Lakes; forming the shortest and only line by way of Coast and Beaches to all principal 
White Mountain Resorts, but a'so reaching numerous other resorts both on the sea coast and in the interior, which by their pure air and 
invigorating atmosphere are drawing visitors in increased numbers each year. Indeed it may be said that this line reaches a greater galaxy of 
summer resorts than any line in the world. 

Four Express Trains run daily between Boston and points in Maine, three for the Provinces, and two for the Mountains, the latter 
with choice of routes via Portland or North Conway, and with connections from and to all points South and West. 


Portland, Mount Desert and Machias Steamboat Line. 

The Pioneer Steamboat Line for Mt Desert making semi-weekly trips between Portland, Rockland, Castine, Deer Isle, 
Sedgwick, Bar Harbor, Millbridge, Jonrsport and Machiasport, from Portland, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at n p. m., or on arrival 
of Express Trains leaving Boston at 7 p. m., and from Machiasport, Mondays and Thursdays, at 4 a. m., Bar Harbor at 10 a. m., is under 
the same management. Tourists who would enjoy superior accommodations, and varied attractions in Coast, Lake and Grand Mountain Scen¬ 
ery, should take the lines operated by this company. 

Call at General Offices, Portland, Maine, where further information will be cheerfully given. 

F. E. B00TH6Y, General Pass, and Ticket Agent. PAYSON TUCKER, Vice-Pres. and General Manager. 


JEWETT’S BOOK AND NEWS DEPOT, 
Booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationers, 

7 “ 

We have the largest line of paper covered bonks to be found 

in the city. 

Congress {Street, 

PORTLAND, ME. 

Mail orders given prompt attention. All periodicals sent post paid 
to mail customers. Subscriptions received for all the leading publica¬ 
tions at publishers’ rates. 


DR. J. B. HUGHES, 

PRIVATE MEDICAL ROOMS, 

496 1 -2 Congress Street. 

W HERE he can be consulted privately, and with the utmost confidence by the af¬ 
flicted, at all hours daily, from 8 a m. to 9 p. m. 

Ladies or Gentlemen requiring 1 medical advice or treatment, arising from any ri- 
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HUGHES 

The Doctor’s long and successful practice in this city, together with the marvelous 
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Persons who cannot personally consult the Doctor can do so by writing in a plain 
manner a description of their disease, and appropriate remedies will be forwarded im¬ 
mediately. All correspondence strictly confidential, and w ill be returned ii desired. 

DR. HUGHES, 

> 0 . 4!M> 1-2 CONGRESS STREET, PORTLAND, ME., 

A few steps from Preble House, opp. side, Cor. Brown Street. 



PEAKS ISLAND, 
PORTLAND HARBOR, ME. 


C. H. KNOWLTON, - MANAGER. 


This beautiful Grove contains several Complete Exhibi¬ 
tions : Zoological Garden, Aquarium, Aviary, Flying Horses, 
and Observatory, Largest, Coolest and best appointed Restau¬ 
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Specialty.) 1 liese, together with the Mammoth Opera House. 

STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND PIER DIRECT TO GARDEN. 

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CA5C0 BdT 

Steamboat Gomoanu. 

U. 5. Mill and Ml LING 

BETWEEN 

Portland S Islands of Casco Bay. 

The Only Line Running to the Islands all the Year Round. 

- + - 

This Company offers unrivaled facilities for transportation to Peaks, 
Little Diamond, Great Diamond, Long, and many other Islands, 
by their new and handsome fleet of Steamers, 
consisting of the 

Forest City, Forest Queen, 

Emita, Cadet, Mary W. Libby. 

During the summer months a Regular Ferry is established, leaving the city 
nearly every half hour. 

This line runs in diiect connection with all Amusements on Peaks Island, and 
tickets mav be purchased with coupons admitting to them. 

Special Ka'es of Transportatio i for Picnics, Cottagers, Campers and others. 

C. W. T. GODING, Gen. Manager, 

PORTLAND, Maine. 


ELECTRIC BELLS. STEAM HEAT. 


TELEPHONE 845. 



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W. H. WESCOTT, 

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Is what Charles Dudley Warner calls the region in which is situatefl'COBOlN A DO BEACH, Stn 
Diego County, California. Mr. Warner only voices the opinion of such eminent physicians as Dr. 
T. Griswold Conn took, oi St. Loo is, and the late Dr. H. A. Johnson, of Chicago, The former wrote; 
*'l am personally familiar with theclin ate of the Bi viera, in North Italy, and in my opinion it certainly does not € qua tbrtol Southern California.” In the appendix to “Onr Italy," 
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